The most daunting task in life is not working towards change. Instead, it is the ability to fully embrace the change God is continually doing in and through you. It seems to me that God loves making Himself known more in the "question marks" of our lives rather than in our "exclamation" moments. Such was the case for me as I found myself at a complete stranger's house in Missouri at a retreat a few years ago. Just prior to arriving at the retreat, I was in the hospital recovering from a stroke. Doctors believe it was stress induced as we were losing our home, I had recently given birth to our third child and nobody in our family had a steady source of income. Stress? What stress? I was working hard for change and instead, I found myself literally stressed-out. I was in my Continue Reading
When We Need Reminded: Change is Good
Her car is packed to the roof-boxes, bags, endless shoes and every comfort a young woman needs to navigate college life in style. Weeks of shopping and preparations culminate to this very moment bursting with adventure and change. She is the last, her way paved by two older brothers who thunderously charged into their future. Hers is the road of quiet reflection and measured action, my “one liner” child with an unexpected humor that explodes laughter with every spontaneous delivery. She doesn’t fit the world’s cookie cutter mold, and her path has not been an easy one. Accepting pieces of life she could not change and plowing through obstacles relentless to bear claim on a young woman’s heart in search of her own significance. The depth of her inner beauty penetrates Continue Reading