and daycare mama to ten more little ones.
My days are busy, my arms are full,
and my heart rejoices in Jesus.
Lingering Gratitude
Most years, I arrive home from our family Thanksgiving dinner with a full stomach, containers of leftovers, and the desire to take a nice, long nap. But this year, I carried something else: The lingering stench of smoke. It clung to my clothes, hair, and jacket. I...
Eleven Days to Eternity
I stared at the text in disbelief. A dear lady from our church had slipped into eternity. How could she be gone already? It's been a tough year for our church. A few months ago, we lost a precious lady to a vicious liver disease. Two more members are fighting stage 4...
Walls around your heart
Why is it that pain overrides joy? Days, months, and years of "good" can be wiped out by one moment of "bad," and affect us for a long time. Such was *nearly* the case one afternoon, back when I was still a daycare mama. By far, my favorite things about my years spent...
When God takes your army
Have you ever answered the call of God to step out in faith, and then felt like the ground crumbled beneath you? This happened to me last week, and I discovered I hadn't been trusting in God as much as I should have been. First a little catch-up, in case you're new to...
