A Hug From 20 Years Ago
A week after my 18th birthday, I boarded a plane that would take me to Ecuador for a year. A picture was taken that day at the airport – a picture of me hugging my 11-year-old sister. It was our goodbye hug. She barely reached my shoulders. I cried a lot that day. But if […]
He Is Gracious
When Velvet Ashes first reached out to me to write, I thought I would have a million words to say about anticipation. Words about how we can anticipate all the great things the Father is going to do and the great hope that awaits us as long as we continue to persevere. Instead, every time […]
Anticipation in a Weary World
“Can 2020 just be over already?” a friend of mine stated recently. I nodded and thought about the meme someone texted me with the heading: “If 2020 were a slide.” The picture is of a child at the top of a slide, but the slide is a cheese grater. Yikes. We’ve all thought it, said […]
This Week’s Theme: Anticipation
“Anticipation lifts the heart”. Luci Shaw, God with Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas Perhaps our weary hearts need that reminder of what it feels like to be a kid on Christmas morning, eager to open gifts hiding under bows and pretty paper. In the places where joy feels illusive, hidden by shadow and beaten […]