Inspired by my last name, I'm on a journey to better understand the intertwining of FAITH & HOPE.
It’s been a year. It’s been a year, and I only realized it this morning. Frankly, that was a little surprising to me, because for most of the spring, summer, fall and winter of 2019, I feel like I registered days and events as they correlated to the days leading up to Valentines Day 2019. … Continue reading It’s just another day to live
In some parts of the country there are Lumberjack competitions where the biggest and strongest compete by chopping down trees and sawing through thick logs. In one such competition, there was a match between a young, strong ax man and an older, slimmer one.....
Did you take some hard hits in 2019? I did, and while they the enemy of my soul was unsuccessful in his ultimate goal (to get me to deny my faith in God and turn away from the One who sustains me), he did land enough sucker-punches to have me “tagging out” and sitting on the side lines for a while. A long while!
I was weary of soul. I was saddened in my spirit. I was low in my faith for certain areas and concerns of life. And so I sat; catching my breath, licking my wounds....
We've been talking about your jail cell for a long time. How hard it is to live there, how stifling and oppressive it is. You want out, but you feel trapped - bound - unable to escape.
You've cried yourself to sleep there countless nights. You ache to breathe the fresh air and wander open spaces you hear visitors talking about. Oh, the stories they tell!
Your longing to be free is so... (read more)
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