I love Jesus.  I know He loves me.  Yet, after decades of loving Him, I am still trying to wrap my head around the idea that He loved me first. 

When I met Kurt, my husband, for the first time.  I didn’t love him.  Our first exchange was just a handshake and a smile.

“Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19

We, in the church, often use this verse at the beginning of a new season or a new year. 

I love the mountains. Their endless beauty is astounding! Sitting high above a region and seeing the depths below proves our significance and our insignificance…

“If only I had this instead of that… “

Isn’t this what’s going through our minds at times?

We say to ourselves, “If only I had that job instead of this job,” “Why do I have to deal with this sickness instead of living with full health?”

Several weeks ago, the cul-de-sac and incoming street where we live was getting resurfaced. The resurfacing project was preceded by a well-laid plan…

The Bible says that in the last days, the love of many will grow cold because of the increase of wickedness (Matthew 24:12). In these days that we are living in, it can be very easy to forsake love.

Ahh…summer!

Lately, it has been really hot, and I find myself seeking shelter in the air-conditioned house! I find that I am more thirty too!

I have an object lesson in my mind as I write these words. It’s a picture that I strive to remember as I navigate relationships in my life.

One of my favorite parts of being a counselor is being educated. Not in the sense of earning degrees and certifications from higher education facilities. Nope. Not that kind of educated. I’m talking about when a teenager schools me on the current lingo.

Not too long ago, my brother and I were having a discussion about a debatable subject. (The subject will remain anonymous). He was very convinced that he was right, and I was very convinced that I was right.

Lately, there is a seeming constant state of unrest. Between the pandemic, politics, and protests, among other things, there is always something vying for your attention, drawing your focus to circumstances, rather than to the cross.

We all want to live a blessed life, but do we know what leads to the blessing?

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the…

I don’t know about you, but one of my pet peeves is approaching a red light, coming to a complete stop, and…boom! It changes to green…

It is a different season we find ourselves in as we experience this time of quarantine with physical distancing and altered schedules. Things in our…

“My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory.” I have held onto that verse found in Philippians 4:19 all my Christian life. God has always proved faithful…

We are all experiencing a season of simplification, where our normal is stripped away. I realize this looks different for all of us, and the…

“Pray without ceasing.” I Thessalonians 5:17

As a little girl, my mother would always wash dishes as my sisters and I would dry. We did not have a dishwasher…

I’ve found myself walking a lot these days. Maybe you have, too.

A park close to my house has become my daily destination. While it’s not…