“I don’t believe everything happens for a reason,” said one of the speakers at a funeral that my husband and I attended a couple of months ago, a funeral that had come about as the result of a tragedy. The speaker explained that accidents happen and he didn’t believe God causes such tragedies, but that God is our source of comfort and strength in such times...

My husband has been lovingly calling me “the butterfly whisperer” because of my many butterfly encounters this year. And after two dragonflies landed on my hand last week, my son remarked in all seriousness that there seems to be something the butterflies and dragonflies know about me, like they know that I’m safe...

There once was a little girl who had a big heart. She loved God, she loved His creation, and she loved people. But along life’s journey, her big heart was broken and shattered many times over, until all that remained were tiny pieces. Without her heartbeat's compass, she lost her way, and she lost herself. But God never lost her...

“We’re already starting to lose it,” my husband remarked in reference to the beautiful fern his mom had given me for Mother’s Day. He pointed out a couple of fronds as evidence…

As I read the following points in a Bible study last month, I was reminded of something I heard a pastor say several years ago - how the Christian walk should be a dance instead of a march...

I was recently reminded of a time in 2022 when God showed me, through the story of Jacob from the Bible, to surrender but don’t give up. It was a time when my son, Landry, was home recuperating from his prior month’s hospitalization. One of the injuries Landry was recovering from was a shattered hip.

A lament is defined as a passionate expression of grief or sorrow, and Biblically speaking, laments are expressed to God through prayer. It is a critical way for Christians to process suffering. But many Christians have grown up being told to look on the bright side, to give thanks and “have faith,” as if lamenting weren’t part of said faith.

There is a story behind the verse pictured here and how God used it to reinforce that we are never alone. On the day my dad passed last month, I went home that night to rest. As I sat down on the bed, I saw this little card in the floor by my feet. 

Psalm 37:23-24 (KJV) says, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.” I think anyone who has ever known my dad would describe him as a good man, and it can certainly be said of my dad that his steps were ordered by the Lord. My dad gave his life to God at the age of 16 and was called into ministry at the age of 18. And He didn’t just preach to others, He practiced what He preached. He made no compromises. He wasn’t…

When waiting for change to come, sometimes things get worse before getting better. My family has experienced this so many times over the past several years. Often with things going from bad to worse to even worse. And recently, God gave me a good visual of this.