where my heart and His Story collide
You know, for the longest time I had this really odd habit. When something hard or bad was happening, I believed my life should stop. Including my goals, desires, and random interests. Even, laughter. Like, nothing else should matter and any current living should be relocated to the back burner. Or, clean off the stove… Continue reading Free Fall
New Year, Old Way Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before [us] and prepares the way... Psalm 85:11-13 Every year is the same in terms of days and months. They can feel… Continue reading We’ve Not Gone This Way Before
Do you know Love's way? The heart of truth? The promise of eternity, yet so much more? Before even. On this earth right now, even! See, I walked around a long time before I'd heard. Alone and groping. Never really hoping. Though sometimes laughing and always pretending while searching. Searching, for. the. love! Coming up… Continue reading Love’s Way (One Day)
Hope in The Messy Middle How do we keep hoping when the hard and messy of life seems like it's gonna stick around forever and we're left struggling to believe, or even breathe? How do we keep a faith that knows God's gonna come through for us when He's sovereign over all, after all. For… Continue reading When Life Seems to Overtake (and overwhelm and bowl you over and take you under) Your Faith
(This is the final post of three in a series titled "My Story". If you're curious, here's one and two.) So, my last post ended with me figuring out that after fifteen years of living my life in Jesus, I only really loved Him like I'd loved my family and friends... a whole heck of… Continue reading My Story – Through Him
So, I’ve been thinking a lot about trusting God lately. (Or, maybe more like how I don’t always.) Thinking about believing Him and His promises even when my story doesn’t seem to be heading in the direction I’d prefer it head in. About believing He is good when my story doesn’t look all that good… Continue reading He is Good
Redeemed Ruth 