Daring to trust the LORD for restoration — Have you wondered how God can give us a crown of beauty instead of ashes? It has been nearly two years since the greatest loss of my life and I could not believe that it still hurt so much. It was a Sunday morning before church. I woke up with…

The Best Kind of Prayer — There are different kinds of prayers, but one prayer God will answer always. This is the prayer for glorifying His name. I heard the alarm ringing, but I didn’t want to open my eyes. Dark and hopeless thoughts started running through my mind like wild horses. There was nothing good…

Encouragement for When Our Sense of Hope Diminishes — In these challenging times we live in, we often need to recover our sense of hope. When Our Sense of Hope Diminishes Watching the beautiful photos of our last vacation together, a bitter-sweet pain pierced my heart. I will never again go on holiday with my husband. My mind drifted…

Encouragement in Time of Suffering — “They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.” (Zechariah 10:11 NIV) Friend, are you passing through the sea of trouble right now? I am. The sea of trouble engulfed me last year when I…

Encouragement for When You Need a Second Start — Is there an area in your life where you need a second start? Perhaps you need the blessing of the second start in your work, ministry, or family? This is an area where you usually need to start from zero after surviving a major loss. I want to encourage you…

Hope After Devastation — There is one word that holds a huge hope and promise for the future–this is the powerful promise of “again”. I watch the photos of us holding hands and smiling, and the pain of the devastating loss cuts like a knife through my stomach. Forever gone. My happy and cherished…

The Unwanted Guest — The sudden loss of my loved one, the closest person I ever had, threw me into an abyss and took the breath out of my lungs. The unthinkable, the unimaginable has happened and I couldn’t wrap my mind around that. But why was I so surprised to face death again? …

Encouragement for a New Beginning — Do you long for a new beginning in a certain area of your life and wonder where to start? There is something so powerful, exciting, and fascinating about the white sheet of paper, the blank canvas, the new chapter, the fresh morning, the new year. We are thrilled at the…

Three Blessings of Unmet Expectations — Everybody knows how an unmet expectation feels; an explosive mixture of disappointment, discontent, pain, anger, insecurity and doubt. Unmet expectations make us doubt God’s love and His good intentions. Questions like “Does God even care about my desires?”, “Does He really want to bless me?” spread sticky nets of doubt…