When I picture Jesus on the cross I feel the weight of his love bear down on my chest, so heavy I physically sense the buckling of knees. The sorrow over sins is present with this picture, but when I see him in my mind’s eye, it’s joy I feel—a deep, almost painful joy. ItContinue reading “fifty-three eleven”
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Rest, not just another 4 letter word
How on earth do we walk in obedience in the area of rest, when all of life with its expectations and tiny, non-sleeping people, seem to be single-mindedly preying on it?
Brave.
When you are engrained with the truth that there is a God who loves you desperately, to attempt to step out into the world without him is more painful a loss than can be described.
Letters to my girls: on being a woman
Your body is a picture of the Gospel, do not diminish it by believing it to be anything less.
A day living the life
“I just want to find joy in caring for my children again.”
It’s ok to stop hiding
If anyone is going to understand the pain of bearing children, it will be the God who bore the pain of the whole world. You are not alone.
and if not… (part 3 dance anyway)
She’s seen blind, deaf, and lame healed…and yet God isn’t healing him. Part 3 and if not…dance anyway
and if not…(part 2.5 Choose Joy)
“Faith is so great when life is easy. And knowing truth is so good. But experiencing truth is something different.”
and if not…(part 2 Choose Joy)
So, if God allows crippling pain into the lives of those he loves, or who love him, if his protection does not look like we hope it would, is he still good?
and if not, He is still good (Part 1)
In my mind, if God is a good Father then that leads necessarily to His being a protecting Father…and if not?
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