In January I dubbed 2013 The Year of Growing. My husband and I were making a series of decisions that would have a significant impact on our family, decisions that would require - and produce - tremendous growth in all three of us. The Word of God and the wisdom the Holy Spirit imparts to help me understand it.

If you remove wickedness far from your tent. And assign your nuggets to the dust,. Your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,. Hen the Almighty will be your gold,. The choicest silver for you. Decimated, I replied, eyes burning. His demeanor shifted somewhere between sober and hopeful.

Blogging has been a blessing and an enriching experience over the past seven years. When I began , I had no idea where it all would lead and how it would end. This chapter of our lives has come to a close. And, yet, it is good. All of life i s good. W hen we belong to the Lord,.

Finding the hope of grace wherever it hides. In this blogging space, I write to find the wonder in the every day, to seek connection that comes with being fellow humans created to make sense of the broken beauty of our hearts and this world. Broken because of sin; beautiful because of its Creator and Redeemer who has left his stamp of grace on every day.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015. I believe God has placed her in a unique position to be able to help the church respond to the difficult cultural issues of our day. Included in this response is the ministry of hospitality to believers and unbelievers alike. What she has written regarding community and hospitality has had a profound impact on me. So as a followup to my previous post. This book begins with .

A much larger percentage of your time is spent on the floor. It will burn your face, trust me.