I will never forget the look on his face. A look of confusion, bewilderment and disbelief shrouded my husband's face the day he came home from work. I was in the kitchen preparing dinner when he came in and handed me a letter from his office, expressing that due to necessary restructuring, his service was no longer needed. The news was like a heavy blow that completely caught us off guard. How did we go from preparing a family meal to not knowing where our next meal would come from? In the midst of the storm we felt brewing around us, we both resolved within our hearts to trust the Lord, no matter what the future held. Yet as the days and weeks went on, we definitely had our moments of doubt, despair and defeat. As my husband began the process of searching for new employment Continue Reading
Made for Brave Sisterhood
"When I called to you, you answered me; you made me strong and brave." Psalm 138:3 No life is untouched by the difficult, the unpleasant or the painful, and every living breath demands the fullness of brave be lived out in becoming who we were created to be. Our stories bring hope and healing in the telling because most of us don't consider ourselves brave. The battles for courage arrive with such force that fear often trumps brave...over and over again. As the years drift by, we find ourselves trudging through the same muck, bound by its chains and unable to experience true freedom. But it was never meant to be this way. When I began developing this series, I knew God was calling me to step into a place of brave I've never traveled fully before. Oh, believe me, I've tried, but Continue Reading
8 Ways to Silence Your Someday Thieves
It's a sobering thing to realize what lies between us and our "somedays" are often silent little thieves. They create doubt and make us question our abilities, our worth and the validity of our hopes and dreams. They steal our confidence and our ambition. And they leave us feeling defeated before we take a single step toward the someday that always finds its way in the forefront of our mind. Sure, life gets busy. We're all stretched thin. There are a plethora of distractions, all vying for urgency in our days. Yet it's the somedays our heart craves. It's the somedays our spirit longs to revive. In every life, it's the somedays that bring fresh hope to the parched places of our soul. Perhaps deciding to assign urgency to even one is the first step to getting our Continue Reading