The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Psalm 23:1 KJV) Can you imagine telling 2-year-olds that they “shall not want”? They do want! They want candy bars at the store. They want their siblings’ toys. They want doughnuts for dinner. A child wants a lot of things, butRead the Rest…
I’m like most women I see at the grocery store—I shop alone. I plan our family meals, take stock of the bare cupboards, and venture solo to the mega store where, list in hand, I methodically hunt down and gather our food each week. It’s exhausting work doing it alone.Read the Rest…
You did it: you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers. I’m about to burst with song; I can’t keep quiet about you. God, my God, I can’t thank you enough. Psalm 30:11-12 MSG As soon as Sarah could stand, she was dancing. We bought herRead the Rest…
…if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58:10 NIV This scripture hit me over the head like a two-by-four about ten years ago. I was grieving theRead the Rest…
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. 1 Peter 2:7 NIV Faith lessons my daughter taught me…she’s twenty years old now, so there are enough stories to fill a book already! (or two!) Here’s one of my favorites: “Mom, Mom, come over here!” My twelve-year-old daughter excitedly called to meRead the Rest…
