Rest

January is a time where most people make goals and new resolutions. But the majority of people are done with them by week two or three. I typically have high standards with myself. I will make goals each year and work on how to make them happen. The problem is,…

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The Gift of Time

Last night was our family’s traditional trip to Opryland in Nashville, TN. It’s such a calming experience to see so many Christmas lights while we walk with our hot drinks of coffee or hot chocolate. We go every year to see the lights and to watch the water show where they…

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Why You Need to Help Others

I don’t know about you, but I enjoy a day off. A day where life is all about me: no chores, no business, no school, and no church. Life doesn’t seem to give us many of those days. There always seems to be one thing to do where you have…

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Can You Resist Temptation?

Temptation is such a colorful word. Sin, wrongdoing, bad places, bad friends, Satan, and Adam and Eve are just a few things that come to mind. Along with temptation, I think of failure, guilt, shame, and disappointment in myself or others. Temptation tends to have a negative connotation to me….

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Do You Need to See Some Light?

My husband and I recently visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Alabama. While we were attending one of the talks with the workers, we learned more about the International Space Station (ISS). As we left the talk, she mentioned we should download an app to locate the ISS…

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He’s Watching Over You

The other day I was driving when I saw a ton of birds in the sky as they were migrating south for the winter. This site of birds was not your typical one or two birds flying in the sky. Seriously, the amount of birds I saw was about a…

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We’re Almost There

I thought I’d end the year with an article I wrote for our church’s Advent Devotional. Have a wonderful New Year. What do you do when life gets hard? Do you withdraw and seek refuge in silence, or do you communicate with as many people as possible and walk through…

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The God of Second Chances

Good Friday morning to you today! This has been a long week for me and I’m so grateful for a God of second chances. I’m ever so humbled that the God I serve desires a relationship with me. The small group I’m in is currently doing a Bible study, Jonah,…

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Can You Hear Jesus?

Our family watched God’s Not Dead 2 last night. The main character is a Christian teacher who gets put on trial for talking about Jesus in her classroom. As she’s talking about how hard the situation is and how she doesn’t feel she can hear Jesus anymore, her grandfather says,…

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