Do you realize just how important your marriage is? It’s important to you, to your spouse, and to your family… But do you realize the full purpose of what it is we are asked to live out through our marriages? That God has a deeper goal than just bringing you close to another person? And […]
Loving God Isn’t a Feeling Either
Heart throbs and happiness. Poetry and primroses. This is our ideal of love, isn’t it? Walking on clouds, glowing with adoration, swelling with happiness. Knowing that you have finally found “the one” and that you will soon be starting your happily ever after…. But we know deep down that true love is made of sturdier […]
6 Ways to Use Your Home for God’s Glory
Amongst all the other adulting we have going on around here — getting a new job, trying to get on our own insurance, and having a baby — we are also in process of trying to buy a house. That has been a long, agonizing, gut-wrenching process. But God has used this extra difficult phase […]
7 Things We Forget to Be Thankful For
What do you thank God for? I know we all have a standard list — salvation, our family, our friends, food, and home. But I’ve realized I tend to thank God for the same things over and over again. That means there are things I’m leaving out! Without being intentional about thanking God for His […]
What Adoption Has Taught Me About God’s Grace
In March of this year, I got a new sister. She was almost 16 years old. And she radically changed my life. Fida has changed the way our family talks, the way we hang out, definitely the amount we know about Albania!… And she has given us such a beautiful picture of what God’s love […]