There I lay, on my side, curled up as tightly as I could, facing the wall. I had stuffed a pillow in my mouth and willed the sobs to quiet down so my roommate couldn’t hear me. This was the first time I could remember being truly broken over my sin. Pride shattered, I grappled with my own dark heart and …
One of my very dear friends came to visit yesterday, and she was like a breath of fresh air! Tammy is one of those rare people who listens without judging and speaks words of truth AND grace without beating around the bush. She’s told me when I was being a negative ninny in my marriage and she’s helped me process my father’s absence. She …
In the midst of the dishes and the black bean patties and sweeping the floor for the sixteenth time today, I forget. I get caught up in the here and now, and though there’s a Voice calling my name to look at Him, I get distracted by the next call for more crackers or more volunteering or more bikini looks …
You guys… I am SO SO excited to be partying with you today! What? You didn’t know today is a special celebration? With cake? And lots of gifts? Well, pull up a chair and grab a cupcake because today we’re celebrating One Thing Alone’s first birthday!!! A year ago, I tremulously sat down to type out my first post, bewildered by everything the …
I wonder sometimes what difference my little light makes. The potato soup dinners and comforting words to my husband, the picking up of refrigerator letter magnets and the scribbles of words on a screen… that little light feels inconsequential compared to the floodlights beaming on huge stadiums of nationally-known blogs and ministries. But God does not measure our brightness …