Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Faith & Hope
A few days ago I rushed around my house trying to knock some things off my to-do list. I can’t remember what I was doing, but what I do remember is that I was irritable and flat-out impatient with my kiddos. I told my kids multiple times how “mommy really needs to get this stuff done” which was absolutely true. …
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, 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
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 …
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
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 …
Faith & Hope
Last year my husband and I decided to start memorizing catechisms as a family. I had zero experience with reading catechisms, much less memorizing them, and I honestly thought that it was an outdated practice that didn’t fit into our modern Christian life. After hearing a well-respected Bible teacher and author recommend The New City Catechism, my husband bought the …
Faith & Hope
The other day a thought briefly passed through my mind. As soon as it did, I despised it, and I felt guilty that I had even thought it. I couldn’t believe I had thought such a thing. I prayed and prayed and prayed and asked God to forgive me. I told Him that I really didn’t mean what I had …
Faith & Hope
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 Whether your Bible translation translates the first word of this verse as “carry” or “bear,” the idea is the same. As believers we are called to move towards those who are hurting and try to help alleviate some of the weight they are …
Faith & Hope
In my quiet time this morning, I was reading in the book of Mark, chapter 8. We’ve been studying the book of Mark in our small group from church. The chapter starts with Jesus feeding 4,000 people with only 7 loaves of bread and a few small fish. After the crowd ate and were full, there were 7 baskets of …