“Could you bring me some water?” he asked. I took the Bible off my lap and got up to reach for the plastic cup and straw and placed it right under his chin. My duty as “water girl” completed, I moved to sit down again, but that was when I heard my “tough cookie”…
My phone beeped, and I looked down to read the text: #7 — #7 is so good. I smiled and thanked God for His sweet messages of mercy bound together in the pages of a beautiful book. Weeks ago, I’d started reading Lysa TerKeurst’s devotional Embraced. I’d lost my job just days before, and each…
God likes to interrupt my day and remind me I am loved. He does this often, and if I am not completely frazzled and running around like a crazy woman in a frenzy, sometimes I notice. God smiles over me. He surrounds me with sweet songs of deliverance. He tenderly holds me by the…
I lost my job in March. I’ve kind of alluded to it quietly in the background here a few times over the last few weeks, but today I am finally ready to talk about it openly. I am currently unemployed. This means I am spending a great deal of time in my pajamas and fuzzy…
My husband and I cuddled on the couch one night to watch a movie we felt we could both enjoy. With popcorn ready to go, we pressed play on a story that had Sandra Bullock (my favorite actress) and football (a manly theme for my husband). We both got lost in the true details…
I glanced down at my phone and read 3 words that unnerved me immediately: “At the ER.” I’d spent the afternoon adventuring with a friend. We’d taken silly selfies and slurped down yummy smoothies as we walked around the store. Three words turned my smile upside-down and elevated my heart rate. I didn’t sleep much…