The countdown has started. I hear it in conversations around me, on social media and even in books I'm reading. We are halfway into the year 2020, but we're done with it already. We want to reclaim our joy, but aren't sure how. I feel it too. Not only am I navigating a school year with three kids that is unlike anything we've ever known, but our family is seeking God's guidance in other challenges as well. It seems as though every time we move past one hurdle, another one surfaces. You too, Continue Reading
When Your Spiritual Muscles Feel Weak and Weary
After a series of disappointments several years ago, my spiritual muscles felt weary and weak. It was like the muscle memory of getting alone with God faded, and all I was left with was frustration. Have you ever been there? It’s like trying to play an instrument after a decade of not touching it. Take my guitar, for example. My son begged me to pull it out of the closet for months, but I kept putting it off, making excuses. It continued to sit with its case collecting dust as I piled things Continue Reading
This is Why We Can Ask for Help
I didn’t want to ask for help. As I hung there, suspended over 100 feet in the air, I twisted my body upward. The wooden plank of the bridge was several feet above my legs, and seemed to mock me. I didn’t have the strength to reach it. Sweat drenched my clothes as the sun beat down on my face, the heat index reaching above 100 degrees. I watched my middle child zip-line back to the main tower of the ropes course. Our two-hour time slot was over, thank God. “Do you need help?” the Continue Reading
