Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:6-7, NLT As I look at the week […]
Fly a Little Higher: a life changing story {+ Book GiveAway}
“Okay, Lord, you can have him. But if he must die, I want it to be for something big. I want someone’s life to be changed forever.” This is what Laura Sobiech prayed when she found out her seventeen-year-old son, Zach, had only one year to live. With this desperate prayer, she released her child to God’s will […]
How Are You, Really?
{Photo source} Should I be honest? I wondered. What if I start crying? What if she doesn’t really have time to listen? What if she’s just asking to be nice? I could keep it simple and say, “I’m fine.” There I was, standing in the lobby at church waiting for my husband, when a friend […]
Living #FREE
Freedom. We long for it. We fight for it. We will do anything to get it. Yet sometimes we forget to live in it! This weekend while our family celebrated the freedom and independence of our country, I was reminded what freedom means and how easily I take it for granted, especially as a Christ-follower. Yet Jesus […]
You’ll Never Be Perfect {and that’s a good thing}
I couldn’t silence the words used to describe how much I’d disappointed her. An email filled with criticism had slipped into my inbox that week and it hurt my feelings … for days. The shooting pain of failure, regret, and flaw-focused thinking struck like lightening through my heart. That one email set off a storm of self-doubting emotions. It’s […]