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 […]
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 […]
Benjamin and I celebrated the anniversary of our first date last night with some delicious Culver’s ice cream. As we were sitting there in the restaurant, I kept thinking about our relationship – about how much it has changed and how much we have changed. We have grown so much, but still… Benjamin just doesn’t […]
“We are prone to forget and neglect Christ because we simply do not grasp how desperately we need him.” – Jon Bloom I read that quote on Instagram the other day and was floored. Could a better description of my life right now be found? For the past few weeks, I have been struggling to […]
So, teacher, custodian, businessman, salesman, mechanic, interior designer, musician, stay at home mom, barista… How was your day on the mission field? In Mark 16:15, Jesus told His disciples, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” His last words, found in Matthew 28:19 say, “Go therefore and make disciples of […]
Well, the Olympics are over and my evenings are empty. Sigh. The end of the Olympics is always such a let down. Two more years we have to wait to see anything like it again! And this year was even worse for me because I am home a lot more than I ever have been, […]