Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
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 …
Parenting after Loss
Today, April 25th, I am 20 weeks pregnant. I’ve officially reached 5 months, and I can’t tell you what a huge milestone this is for me. To have made it this far and for my sweet baby girl to be healthy and well, I don’t take that for granted in the least bit. When I was pregnant with my daughter …
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 …
Faith & Hope
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 …
Infant Loss
A few weeks ago, I was grocery shopping and spotted Peeps-scented hand soap. I immediately welled up with tears right there in the middle of the aisle. The realization that Easter season was starting hit me fast and hard. Our daughter, Hannah Grace, was born and passed away just a week before Easter last year. The fact that the Easter …
Faith & Hope
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 …
Faith & Hope
Last night in my discipleship group, my two friends and I were discussing our adoption as children of God. We were looking at passages like Romans 8:14-17. “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the …