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  • What could ruin the coming of Christ

    December 17, 2019 by

    This is a repost of something I wrote last Christmas. Last December was the hardest month yet with our daughter and her health; but the gems of truth I learned during that time have carried me through the various sorrows I am carrying into Christmas this year too. I hope this blesses you to read… Read more

  • Out of the rock

    November 21, 2019 by

    Provision can come from the strangest places. Or maybe strange isn’t the right word: maybe more like, “unexpected.” When you are walking through the desert; through a wilderness season, and you look around for water and there isn’t any to be found, it can be so life sapping. When there isn’t any water in sight,… Read more

  • Trusting God with your broken heart

    November 14, 2019 by

    I had had enough. The straw had finally broken the camels back. I sat slumped in my chair staring into space—my heart shattered in a thousand pieces by so many burdens and so many pains. Deep regrets fought their way to the surface in the form of tears that couldn’t stop falling. What was the… Read more

  • Divine Intervention

    September 11, 2019 by

    Sometimes it feels impossible to dream the dream that darkness doesn’t actually win. The space between my head belief—that God is good, in control and on His way back for us—and my broken heart; crushed beneath the cares of this world, is farther than I ever thought. Shortening the gap will take an act of… Read more

  • Courage Dear Heart

    August 26, 2019 by

    If you’ve been around the blog for a little while then this piece may look familiar to you. It’s been two years now since Piper’s diagnosis, and just about two years since I first wrote this piece and got my own “Courage Dear Heart” tattoo to remind me to be brave, right there where I… Read more

  • He is Good!

    July 30, 2019 by

    “You are GOOD!” She shouts it from the back seat, her eyes intense in my rearview mirror, her fist pumping the air with all her five-year-old might. And I’m pretty sure witnessing this is just about as beautiful a thing as I’ve ever seen.Read more He is Good!

  • For when you feel confused

    July 22, 2019 by

    Why would he take us this direction, only to have us turn around this far down the road? It didn’t make sense. It was confusing. We felt lost and wondered if he had forgotten about us for a moment; maybe holding the world in his hands really was as distracting as one would think. But no.Read more For when you feel confused

  • For when they’ve left you all alone

    June 27, 2019 by

    Loneliness opens up like a sink hole in my chest. It sucks in everything; my joy in the small moments, my hopes for the future, the lessons I have learned from the past. It turns my whole body numb with longing and the desperate question—does anybody see me? Suffering can be one of the loneliest… Read more

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