As one remarkable Chinese daughter lands in America, a boy with bridle bone desperately needs parents, our foster family is frozen in a system which has included a two-year battle, yet our foster daughter is still far from legally free… God reminds me of the value of children. “It would be better for them to be […]
When God Speaks and You Have To Listen
He told me to stay there. In the quiet. In the dark. Many days before flying across the nation. But I wrestled. Didn’t want to hear Him. I struggled like a child wanting to clothe myself in designer jeans to impress the other children at school. “But you will find me there.” The impression was so […]
Linked in Marriage on the Wall
We step off the plane. No idea what was coming. Would we crash hard from jet lag? Or find a child at an orphanage that we simply had to have? One thing is for sure…transformation was coming. I had gone twice before. But this time, my husband’s hand of twenty-three years was linked in mine…like an […]
Got An Un-Offendable Heart? UNITE Linky
“She was mean to me”, “They excluded me”, “He violated me”. Haven’t we all heard them…the excuses people use to justify building walls around themselves? And yet it is clear, those who love much, will have to overcome offense. I remember when a group of people set me up to exploit me. I loved them deeply, […]
The Message Every Daughter Needs to Hear
Dear Daughters, I know who you are. I have watched you and seen the battles you have faced to get you where you are today. The world talks about equality… But I have seen you weakened, depleted, lethargic, and vulnerable. But daughter, here is the truth…You were born for more. You came into this world full of […]
When I Was A Tomboy, and How To Come Alive Again. UNITE Linky
Maybe you grew up a princess. But, I was a tomboy. I remember arguing with my cousin about how “real” tom-boys carry their hands… Hands in their back pockets, not thumbs dangling from their front pockets. I was seriously into mud pies and making forts with my cousin who was my sister and best friend. I […]