God taps.

Some days God taps you on the shoulder and says “see.” Today was “some days.” Today, my sweet little Tate had to have tubes put into his…

Sometimes I need an attitude check on my perceptions of the behaviors of others. The best way I have found to do that is to look at what the person is saying and then:

A. Consider if I have ever had a simile attitude or said something like what has been said.

With a joyful heart

One of my favorite things about Christmas is reading Old Testament scripture that is a clear prophecy about the coming Messiah. The more I read, the more I put little Jesus checkboxes next to the verses that show he fulfills that prophecy. As a believer in Jesus Christ, it is mind-boggling to…

God’s Peace

When you think of God’s peace, what hits you? For me, it’s times when the only choice I had was to trust that God would see me through. Those days that felt so long, those nights that felt so dark, those moments that felt so destructive to my soul. Some were due to my own sin, some were due to other’s sin…

Lamentations 3:22–23

My favorite verses are Lamentations 3:22–23. Some people might find it odd that what feels like a downer book of the Bible holds my favorite promises! Maybe it’s because I have felt sadness and anxiety in my life that this book of the Bible calls out to my needy soul. I can easily be a…