Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Faith & Hope, Infant Loss
I sat on my bed one morning recently thinking about Heaven and what it will be like to see my daughter Hannah Grace again. Since her death just over a year ago, I’ve thought about what it was like to hold her and see her face to face before she passed, but I hadn’t spent a lot of time really …
Faith & Hope
School shootings. Syrian refugee crisis. Domestic violence. Innocent people getting killed in American streets. Bullying. The list goes on and on. So much darkness. It seems like every single day we’re hearing stories of people (adults and children) suffering, hurting, and dying. How do we make sense of it all? Can we make sense of it all? Our hearts break …
Faith & Hope
I’ve been slowly reading through a really great chronological Bible reading plan. Today’s reading was from 2 Chronicles 16. I’m reading through it, thinking, “Ok, what am I supposed to learn from this text today?” Then I keep reading a few verses down, and it was like, Bam! That’s what I needed to hear. Have you ever experienced that as …
Faith & Hope
Mother’s Day can bring a mixture of emotions for a lot of women. Here I hope to speak to a few different situations a woman might be facing today in hopes that whatever your situation may be (including one that I don’t address), you feel loved, seen, and comforted. To the woman who is a mom to living children…celebrate the …
Faith & Hope, Infertility
I must have prayed this prayer dozens of times during our second year of infertility. I don’t think I had ever begged God for anything up until this point, but I can remember day after day after day begging God to reveal His plan to me. It wasn’t just the unknowns that came with infertility. I was also in my …
Faith & Hope, Infant Loss
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 36:7 This verse is printed on our daughter Hannah’s memorial stone at her grave. One of the reasons we picked this verse was because during my pregnancy with Hannah, this verse or another verse mentioning the refuge of God’s …
Faith & Hope
My son and I were listening to a CD the other day that had kid-versions of various songs that most of us have heard since we were little. One song that played has been in my head ever since. The song is, “I Shall Not Be Moved.” You may be familiar with one of its many versions sung by various …
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As you know, this weekend is Easter, the most joyous and important event that we celebrate in our Christian faith. As the week leads up to Easter, we recall all the events leading up to Jesus’s Crucifixion and Resurrection. The day he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey while people shouted, “Hosanna in the highest!” The day he overturned tables …
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Last Tuesday, my husband and I decided to do some yard work. Our front and back yards were a mess from the winter, and the warmer spring air was making weeds sprout up everywhere. He took the front yard, and I decided to take the backyard and get to work pulling up all the weeds. I thought it would take …
Faith & Hope, Fostercare & Adoption
(Two weeks ago I wrote about sitting and praying before going and doing particularly as it applies to the work setting or long to-do lists. You can read more here. While this post today will apply to self-care moments that you can take during the day (like sitting and praying), it also applies to a weekly rhythm of taking a …