If you’re wondering how to balance grace and truth in your life, you’re not alone. A Word for the New Year I was prayer-journaling this past week, reflecting on how fitting it is that we celebrate Jesus’ birth just a short week before the beginning of the new year. Jesus’ birth is the start–not the end–of the holiday season, both …
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 …
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 …
When the ground you stand on crumbles, you need to back up until you find sure footing, until the ground beneath your feet is solid rock. You need Words of Life to anchor you to what is certain, to bring you back from the swirling doubts and the “why-God” groanings. You need a vantage point to frame reality, and this is mine: …
Welcome to Abiding in Christ–when reading the Bible isn’t an option. Scroll down to read Day 1. Click to read the other days, I’ll be adding a link to each day once it goes live. Prologue: Joy Is Awaiting You Video Trailer: A Humorous Sneek Peek at a Mom’s Devotional Life Day 1: Make a Move Toward God (today’s post–scroll …