When You Don’t Know What God’s Up To….

Jeremiah 29:11 had always been my favorite verse growing up. I clung to its promise of prosperity and good fortune like an pubescent girl with a bad case of acne and extra pounds around her thighs. I wrote the verse with a sparkly purple gel pen on yellow construction paper and hung it at the foot of my bed, so it was the …

God is not concerned with your bottom line. He's focused on your journey toward the finish line.

When You Feel Like You Got Nothing Done All Day…

Sometimes I feel like I’m grasping at straws, like I’ve run around trying to seize the day and make the most of it and live life to the fullest and every other cliched phrase ever spoken… but all I have to show for it are a few measly straws. “Buck up,” I tell myself. “Try harder. Wake up earlier. Stay up longer. Do more.” …

The Beauty of Impromptu Visits with Jesus

We were sitting around their fireplace, talking about differences between American and Romanian culture. “One of the things that stands out the most,” I share, bravely, “Is that people just pop in for a visit. No phone call. No invitation. Just ‘Hey, I was thinking of you and thought I’d stop by.’” She nodded, sharing how she had experience a …