"Well, this isn’t how you prayed this moment would turn out.” The thought passed through my filter of truth and circled my mind on repeat. I knew it was a lie, but I listened to it. I stood there with my four-year-old, who was starting a new school, and tried to hold back tears. His own tears flowed freely. “I want to go to old school,” he said repeatedly. The school staff gathered around, trying to calm him. “Buddy, this is your school now. You’re going to have lots of fun and you Continue Reading
3 Ways God is Fighting for Your Faith
God won’t let our faith fail. I know. That statement sounds almost counterintuitive, right? Our Creator made us with free will and the ability to make our own decisions, so we have a choice whether or not to exercise our faith. We see this premise in the garden, when the serpent deceives Eve and she decides to believe his word over God’s. And yet, the more we get to know Him, the more we see Him saving us from the worst version of ourselves. We see Him chasing after the sheep who’s gone Continue Reading
When You Doubt the Steps You Took in Faith
“They didn’t go down on their price,” my husband said with a tone of defeat. I looked down at my pregnant belly and tried to fight tears. This was the second offer we’d made on a house we hoped to make our home, but things weren’t going as planned. We would have to walk away. For what seemed the hundredth time that week, I questioned God. Were we making a huge mistake? Our old house sat on the other side of the country, unsellable. My in-laws basement was our temporary living quarters Continue Reading
