Category faith

How Can I Be Satisfied in Life When It Feels So Hard?

  Occasionally after contacting a customer service representative, I have the option to take a satisfaction survey. Recently, I read through the questions of such a survey in wonderment.  How would I respond if God handed me a similar questionnaire about…

Joy: God’s Medication for My Hurting Heart

 Opposites attract.  Or so the saying goes. In marriage, this usually translates into: Opposites are a necessity because they balance each other out.   Joy and pain can feel like opposites to a grieving heart. Opposites that I am finding have…

Living Above and Beyond My Limitations

I have lived with a visual impairment for forty-one years now.  Not a minute goes by that I forget it is a shadow that never leaves my side.  But because my visual limitations are often invisible to those around me,…

When God Says No

As parents, we tell our kids no or not right now a lot. Can we go to the movies tonight? Can I buy this toy? Can my friend spend the night? Can we get another dog?  There are endless reasons…

How Can This Be Good For Me?

Romans 8:28 is a tough verse to digest as a grieving mom. I’ve met others who feel the same. “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God, and are called…

All Things? Really?

“This is impossible!”  I have heard this more than once in  the 27 years of my teaching career.  Not always in these exact words.  But in a student’s body language, facial expression, or lack of effort because something just felt…

Turn On Your Mic

I imagine many of you have heard at least one life-changing testimony of a person whose life was dramatically renewed because of their acceptance of faith in God.  Former drug addicts or criminals that found Christ often have inspiring stories…