We were still in our first house, half the size of the one we’re in now. Our kids, eight and eleven, watching us, to see what Christianity was. And I didn’t want them seeing simply lifeless pews, half-hearted, stagnant views. Dead religion as a substitute for a Living God. So, we said “yes” when friends asked us to go to […]
Somedays. It’s easy to go outside. Birds singing. The hint of spring coming. Refreshening spirits. Calling us to more. But, this day. The rain is just too much. The brick wall I hit after coming back from China. Struck a cord. That makes me want to stop. Like a tightly wound top. Convincing myself to retreat. […]
I am not going to lie. It has been hard. Coming back from China. Only a week back. And the hurricane of thoughts. Emotions. Carry me. Too often. Where I don’t want to go. However, today I have taken the wise advice of a friend: Lay low. Be still. Take an entire day, just to seek […]
It lay. A world away. Wrapped in grace. The kind that finds one in the cold. And brings it in. And holds it endlessly. Regardless of the cost. And we sit. Encircled around this ministry. God brought us to. Hearing the details. Of a little one. Having surgery. Fighting for victory….in a world that sometimes just […]
Today I refuse to pray. Instead, I climb higher up our winding staircase. Making way, to the carpet. Calling. Next to our bed. The place tears rest when I can’t seem to go on…. In my own strength. And it is there. In the quiet. The stillness. I close the door to the world. Only light […]
Just stumbled off the plane after a twelve hour flight. Eight days full of almost non-stop traveling. People. Raw. Emotions. Surfacing. Brimming over in delight. China still burning in my heart bright. And I am processing so much. The faces of so many children. Two orphanages. An amazing ministry servicing children, disabled. And I walk as […]