Hope On The Road Less Traveled
At some point in life, many of us find ourselves on a path that we would have never chosen. Once on that path, we are always faced with a choice. We can frantically search for a way out, or embrace the path God has chosen for us. I have been on one of those undesirable… Continue reading The Road I Would Never Choose – Learning to Follow Wherever God Leads
Recently we drove past our old house for the first time since downsizing. Immediately, our four children began rehearsing memories, noting every part of the house that they missed. Once again, they struggled to understand why we had to give it all up. As hard as I tried to respond with confidence that it was… Continue reading What If God Takes It All Away? Trusting Him Through Financial Struggles
I hope you'll listen in to day 3 of Revive Our Hearts, which I think was my favorite interview of the 3 days. We talk about the reality of deep pain and loss, earthly loss and eternal gain, and the hope of eternity. Listen on Revive Our Hearts here. https://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/hope-when-it-hurts-day-3/ "Oh Lord, for years I have prayed… Continue reading Earthly Loss, Eternal Gain
"You’ll never know that Christ is all you need until He’s all you have. And when He’s all you have, then you really will know that He is all you need."@NancyDeMoss Listen in to day two of the @ReviveOurHearts interview. https://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/hope-when-it-hurts-day-2/ And in case you missed it, you can listen first to day 1 here… Continue reading Revive Our Hearts Interview – Day 2
Friends! My Co-author, Kristen, and I had the privilege of talking with Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth about Hope When It Hurts and the peace, joy, and HOPE we have in seasons of suffering. Join us by tuning into Revive Our Hearts today through Wednesday (November 20-22), either on the radio or online here: https://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/hope-when-it-hurts-day-1/ https://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/hope-when-it-hurts-day-2/ https://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/hope-when-it-hurts-day-3/ 👉>>Do… Continue reading Revive Our Hearts Interview – Tune in Today!
My heart is hurting today. Contentment, peace, and joy seem nowhere to be found as I have felt a fresh blow of the devastating challenges that come with my child’s special needs and the health struggles in each one of my children. Once again, I am reminded that life is not at all as I… Continue reading Though He Delay, He Will be Faithful
There is no escaping the painful realities that surround my family. Our own Red Sea looms before us while the relentless enemies of physical and mental illness, financial strain, layered losses, and temptations to lose heart, pursue us from all sides. While crushing circumstances involving physical and mental health, finances, marital pressures, and loss have… Continue reading The Red Sea in Front of Me – Reaching for God in Despair
As my seven-year-old daughter curled up on the couch with stomach pain, she looked up at me with sadness and confusion in her eyes and said, “Mommy, I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I kind of wish you hadn’t had us when you were sick — then you wouldn’t have given us all… Continue reading God Has a Purpose for My Lyme Disease -Three Promises for Any Suffering
I’m weary — body, mind, and soul. Weary of waiting, weary of fighting for joy, weary of hoping for better days. If I’m honest, a sense of despair has increasingly clouded my view of life and left me wondering if the darkness will ever lift. God’s word says that we are “perplexed, but not led… Continue reading The Light at the End of Ourselves – Walking the Valley of Despair
I was 17. I had my whole life ahead of me and yet, there I found myself, wanting it all to end. I sat silently in a stark white hospital room, broken, hurting, and alone. How did I end up here? Not more than a year earlier, I had been basking in the attention and… Continue reading When Your Find Yourself In a Dry and Weary Land
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