We were created by God to be inhabited by His Spirit. We were not created to be empty. The vacuum in every human life does not yearn to be fixed. It yearns to be filled. -Beth Moore I pray, Lord, that you would grant us, according to the riches of Your glory, to be strengthened […]
(my husband took this awesome photo on his sf trip this past weekend. sweet, huh? the boy has hidden talent everywhere. ) ~~~~~~ I was challenged by these words today. Can’t get them out of my head. to be clear-headed disciplined for prayer keep my love for others at full strength This is it. In […]
One year ago this past week we left what we knew as normal and comfortable. What we knew as home. We watched our house be packed and loaded up and drove away in a huge moving truck with our car being towed behind it. We were left with some suitcases to live out of for […]
have you been wondering where we are? what has been going on? well…a little of this and a little of that. but really not a lot. more resting and downtime than anything. it was needed. the high of moving and being in a new place is over. and we are starting to come down. like […]
last night we played outside as a family for over 2 hours. we played catch with the football with new neighbor friends. we took a bike ride. the girls played in the backyard in their little house. brian and i walked around our yard talking about what we would like to do in the future […]
We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19 i’m talking about this with the kids this week and relating it to valentine’s day. how cool is it that he loved me before i was me. he knew all the days of my life before they here. and still he chose YES! and because […]
as i looked out the window of the plane yesterday morning, down at the pacific coast with LA sprawled out beneath me i had a unexpected but welcomed feeling…closure. i LOVED my time in LA this weekend. it was refreshing and relaxing to have some time away with Brian, although we actually didn’t spend that […]
one of the many things i considered a blessing during our ohio stint was the opportunity to be a part of a women’s bible study at my parents church. it’s a smaller group of women whom the core of them have meeting for several years. there is a unique bond between them that i was […]
we had a wonderful time celebrating the christmas season, the birth of our savior and bringing in the new year. we slept in some, we took a break from school, we played with new toys, we watched a lot of christmas movies, we baked, decorated and ate a lot of cookies, we skipped naps, we […]
confession: my fears get the best of me at times. my mind goes crazy and off on all kinds of “what if” scenarios. i have fears as a wife for my husband who travels frequently. fears as a mom for my kids. fears as a woman who is a work in progress and fails quite […]