Dear Child of Mine, Today we usher in another year, 2014. I think it’s going to be a good year, if for no other reason than it’s an even number. (Your mother likes even numbers. I liked being 10 years old. Eleven? Not so much.) Last January 2013 was the first time I publicly shared […]
Prayer for Mending
Child, You’re entering into a broken world, wearing sinful flesh. You will need this Jesus, just as I do, today and always. from The Book of Common Prayer O Lord, raise up, we pray, your powerand come among us,and with great might succor us;that whereas, through our sins and wickedness we are grievously hindered in running the race that […]
Prayers in Anguish
Dear Child of Mine, I am certain I’ll want to shield you from the pain of this world, this temporary dwelling place we are born into which offers us the opportunity to seek God, find him, cleave to him. While we wait for his final Advent, his Kingdom come, we pray. We pray in the […]
Advent: A Reminder to Wake Up
Dear Child of Mine, After years of following Jesus, I am just now beginning to embrace the seasons of the Christian year, experiencing the life changing lessons contained in the liturgy and the communion of saints. Advent is such beautiful, yet challenging time in life of the Church. It is at this time of year that […]
Trampling Over Death by Death
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IExdrZGQVeI] Christ Is RisenMatt Maher Let no one caught in sin remainInside the lie of inward shameWe fix our eyes upon the crossAnd run to him who showed great loveAnd bled for usFreely you bled, for us Christ is risen from the deadTrampling over death by deathCome awake, come awake!Come and rise up from […]
Lead Me to the Cross, Lord Jesus
On this Good Friday, steep your heart in the message of this song, recounting the willingness, the obedience, the great sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Lead Me to the Crossby Hillsong United Savior, I come,Quiet my soul,Remember Redemption’s HillWhere Your blood was spilled for my ransom Everything I once held dearI count it all […]
Does Isaiah’s Prophecy Apply?
In studying the first week of Beth Moore’s Breaking Free, the central Scripture was Isaiah 61:1-3. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to […]
God First, God Second, God Third.
As I journey down the path of infertility, of waiting and hoping, demanding and pouting, praying and seeking, I have finally begun to discover a purpose to all of this. –God himself has not been the point of my life, all along. He may have been a priority, even the first priority, but He has […]
Coming to Grips: August 2011
If this is the first time you’ve been to our blog (or if it’s a been a while), let me say welcome. Pull up a chair, bring a mug of your favorite tea, and join us. Right now we are in the middle of sharing a very personal struggle. For the first time ever, we […]
Journal Entry at the 12th Month
God has been working wonders in my heart over the past two years as we’ve journeyed down the road of infertility, and I can’t wait to share his goodness with you. But let’s back up the story and visit something I wrote June 9, 2011 (a year and a half ago), when my heart was […]