Psalm 26:2-3 (Message Bible) Examine me, GOD, from head to foot, order your battery of tests. Make sure I’m fit inside and out so I never lose sight of your love, but keep in step with you, never missing a beat. Over twenty one years ago, a mid-twenties struggling,Read the Rest…
A quote received in my inbox that morning: “Whatever the particular call is, the particular sacrifice God asks you to make, the particular cross He wishes you to embrace, whatever the particular path He wants you to tread, will you rise up, and say in your heart, ‘Yes, Lord, IRead the Rest…
(This was our first picture of QiuYue, “Lauren Elizabeth.”) In January of 2006 we started the process of adopting our daughter Lauren from China. We were so excited and did all the necessary paperwork, prepared her bedroom, bought her clothes, prayed for her everyday and waited. In September of 2006,Read the Rest…
One morning not long ago I had the precious luxury of lingering in my bed longer than usual. Instead of relishing in the gloriousness of that God-given moment, my thoughts took a detour to the hopelessness of some new problematic circumstances in my family. After several failed attempts to surrenderRead the Rest…
After my post last month about God providing what I needed to go to a conference, I’d like to be able to write that our coffers were filled from that point forward. But, a month after coming home from the conference that I attended with God’s blessing, we were rightRead the Rest…
