Lightning flickers in the wee hours of dark and splays a light show across our curtained bedroom window. Thunder rumbles deep in the distance and raindrops echo off of eaves. Blinking sleepy eyes, I roll over, listen, lean against my good farmer man, and let slumber beckon me back. The spring storm splatters its wind […]
Intentional Resolve and Choosing To Make a Difference
I underlined the words with my fingertip and laid my Bible in my lap. Gazing out the window, I thought about the words I’d just read. Words pointing towards waiting, resolving, and making an intentional difference in a loved one’s life. I knew waiting was not my strong point. Sitting in settled stillness or practical […]
Books and Podcasts That May Be Exactly What You Need Right Now
Good day, friends! Kansas is showing off beautiful this morning. Blue, blue skies. Rolling out the puffy white clouds because they look so fantastic with the blue as a backdrop. Green wheat waving. Spring blooms swaying. Truly magnificent! Our world is full of noise, isn’t it? Even in ordinary days, we all have a lot […]
Made to Move Mountains
The back cover of Made to Move Mountains begins with these words, ” Life is an incredible journey with many ups and downs.” It is, isn’t it?! We know and believe this, but never are we more aware of it than when upheaval and uncertainty come calling. Right now, for most of us, the coronavirus […]
Read a Bit {Journey to the Cross}
Today I have a book to prepare us for Easter. Journey to the Cross contains forty devotionals from the (in)courage community. I’m excited about this book during the spring and Easter season. It would work well for Lent. I appreciate focusing on the Advent season and finding a book, devotional, or study specific to Christmas. […]
I Never Missed a Moment
On a Wednesday morning, I attend the commemoration of a life well-lived. The celebration of graduating from this body of skin and bones and sinew, housing soul and spirit, into the presence and majesty of Jesus. Can we only imagine sitting face to face, completely enveloped and warmed by His extravagant love?! Truly experiencing the […]
Five Ways I’ve Found to Fight Back Against the Voices of Failure, Fear, and Futile Discouragement
I’ve spent enough days on this spinning planet, listened to enough stories, cares, and heartache, and fought them myself too many times to count. I’ve found they attack old and young alike. I know them to be sneaky and the meanest kind of mean. I’ve come to believe no one is exempt, no one never […]
Press. Hold. Spray.
I stare into the mirror and I press the nozzle on the hairspray and I spray making circles all around the front and back to hold my flyaway hair in place. I pause. Then, I press it again and repeat the hairspray path. I think I’m not just spraying my hair in place. Deep down, […]
An Excerpt From The Reminder of A God Who Sees Me
I cried over a kitten this morning. It felt dumb and ridiculous. It felt compassionate too, yet the critic in my head condemned me for crying over a kitten when I so often fail in my desire to have a deeper compassion for other people. It felt small and silly, for I could easily count […]
Hope and a Humble Pink Pumpkin
I’d never gifted anyone with a pumpkin before. It seemed sort of strange really, but once the idea presented itself, I was irrationally struck by it. I’d gifted pots of flowers in the spring or chosen a hanging basket as a Mother’s Day present. I’d delivered floral arrangements and arranged bouquets myself to brighten someone’s […]
Delighting in God Whispering in Creation
My blog tagline is Delighting in the Daily Details and I have long focused on looking for the beauty and loveliness God has written all through our lives for us to behold! This morning I see Him in the sunlight filtering through fern fronds on my porch, rosebuds in vases on my table, and in […]
Three Antidotes Against Discouragement, Inadequacies and Comparison
Voxer beeps and I pick up my phone to listen to the incoming message. My sister and I chat back and forth with our handy-dandy app. She shares about the struggles she’s been facing and I confess the irritations and insecurities I’ve been fighting against all morning. We ponder a few questions batting them back […]
What Type of Person Do I Desire To Be Free Printable
What type of person do I desire to be? This question has bounced around my brain quite a bit in the last few months. Honestly, it’s a topic that’s been on my radar for years now. I’ve been more specifically and intentionally putting it into words recently. I believe in living with intention. I also […]
A Whisper of Springtime Coming
It felt worth the effort. Lifting the bulky brandy-snifter-shaped vase, with its bursting of blooms, and precariously balancing it out to the front porch steps. Its contradistinction against the curtain of gray fog represents a promise and breathes out hope. Spring IS coming. Color is coming. Baby wheat will spring to life. Birds begin their […]
Restoration Series
I’m sharing a new series with you today, called Restoration Series. This series shares the story of Jonathan, his wife and family. Due to a poor decision and the consequences of it, Jonathan has been in prison for fifteen years. He’s missed so much. He’s missed time with his family, milestone markers and the day-to […]
Suffering is Never For Nothing and Even If Not
Is there anyone alive who hasn’t suffered? Brand-new birth and entrance to this world carries a good deal of suffering with it, albeit joy as well. Yet, the suffering precludes the joy of arrival. We enter this world in the throes of pain and suffering, for mama and baby alike. The pains and pangs of […]
Our Reel of Time and the Real Highlight Reel
My calendar, my planner and my phone all report to me with today’s date as Thursday, December 20. As always, I want to argue a bit and demand at least one of the trio to tell me, where the days of 2018 have marched away to. Surely we cannot find ourselves only 11 days […]
