Learning to Be Kind to Myself
My heart ached as I said goodbye to my family, and they shut the door behind them. I would be home alone that night, missing yet another gathering. While I needed this space for my weak emotional and physical condition, I hated missing out again. I’d had a panic attack a couple weeks before and […]
In Everything
“In everything, Lord?” I prayed. “Really… everything is a lot right now.” The Lord already knew all the things that made up my circumstances in that moment. He knew the health issues, financial pressures, family decisions, transition stress and ministry dynamics of my today. Yet, I still felt like I needed to remind Him that […]
Perspective Shift + Broccoli Salad
Like all of you, we, too, have dealt with our fair share of disappointment the past two years. In recent months, it continues to mount. New laws taking a direct aim at our new-found education business, making half of it illegal. Vacation canceled once, twice, and now a third time due to a few (a […]
This Week’s Theme: In Every Circumstance
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NLT) Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. This is hard, friends. Every circumstance? What are you thanking God for this week? Even in the moments when your praise is a painful sacrifice on the altar, may joy find you as you […]