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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.

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?

Hope.

We are to serve God by using our pain, to give other people the hope that we have.

I knew it was coming, and yet when I saw it sitting on my porch I danced with joy. My mom sent me the most amazing gift today. I grew up in the Church, but it wasn’t until high school that I really understood and accepted the love and realness of Jesus. During this timeContinue reading “Hammocks and Monuments”

Bind my wandering heart

My breath catches in my chest as I think of God taking those steps through the garden…How his heart must have shattered, knowing that they would now have to live in broken relationship with everything that was good.

Third Place

When God reorders our brokenness, he doesn’t sweep the memory of it under the rug, rather, he upcycles it into something beautiful with purpose.

Rewilding

I have a confession. I spend the majority of my waking hours in very, VERY close proximity to my children (can I just pee alone?! Just once?). But there are days; tired, bored, restless days, when I go to bed and think, “Have I connected with my children today?