Abby McDonald

Finding the Hope of Christ in a Messy Life

How Unhealthy Expectations Can Crush Us During this Crazy Season

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My turn to share was coming, and I wasn’t ready. While the other women on our Google chat discussed their writing goals, my mind spun on repeat. With a new school year looking nothing like anything I'd known, this word "goals" had a whole new meaning. I was still processing it. Ah yes, goals. What were those again? My goal yesterday was to make sure the kids sat in their seats for five minutes without making a trip to the bathroom or asking for more snacks. Today, it was to figure out tech Continue Reading

God Doesn’t Speak to Us in Puzzles

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For weeks, I thought God was giving me signs. Hints of something to come.  What I didn't realize at the time is God doesn't speak to us in puzzles. I faced a health scare, and twenty-one days stood between the initial phone call and a diagnosis. So I prayed and kept my eyes open. An hour after the receptionist at the breast imaging office called, I realized an online cancer summit was starting the exact same day as my upcoming diagnostic exam. Then, I remembered October was breast Continue Reading

3 Ways God Defends When the Enemy Accuses Us

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Sometimes I forget that it's God who defends us when the enemy attacks, and that we're not alone on some island trying to fend for ourselves. You too? I used to think once I reached a certain point in my walk with Jesus, all my insecurities would melt away. In my mind, I would become sort of like non-stick cookware. Each lie and accusation the enemy tried to throw at me would slide off, and I’d never give them a second thought. Unfortunately, I’m learning the complete opposite is true. The Continue Reading

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