8 Ways We Know that God is Faithful God’s Faithfulness. Most of us have known about it since we were small children. We’ve heard about the faithfulness of God in church and Sunday school. 8 Ways We Know that God is Faithful We’ve read about the faithfulness of God in the Read more
How to Heal a Broken Friendship I curled up on my bed, staring at my cell phone and willing it to vanish. Dreading the phone call awaiting me. Truly, my heart raced with each passing second. Next, to me, my husband sat and said, “Just go ahead and get it Read more
7 Powerful Assurances When Life Is Spinning Around Too Fast It was called the “Merry Go Round.” Every day at recess, we would run and jump on that moving machine for the fun of it and spin around until we were dizzy. We would twirl, swirl, bounce, and ride–laughing like Read more
How Do I Know That God CARES? Does it sometimes feel like God doesn’t really care about you? After all, you can’t see Him, hear Him, or touch Him. A sweet friend asked me some hard questions this week. She wanted to know: Do you really believe God cares? Will Read more
How to Find Peace in Your Life His name is Koda. He’s a huge furball that comes in at a whopping 88 pounds. Full of energy, always happy to see everyone, and cute as he can be, our six-year-old Australian Shepherd fills our life with joy. White, black, tan, and Read more
A Little Encouragement for Those Who Struggle with OCD From time to time, I meet friends who take the time to share their struggles with me. It’s amazing to hear about some of the issues, illnesses, and challenges that people are dealing with and fighting to overcome. A Story Recently, Read more
How to Change the Way You Think He was a well-liked middle school teacher. When he received his homeroom list with names and IQ numbers, he got so excited. These kids were brilliant! He’d never had the gifted and talented kids before. This was going to be his best year Read more
Five Ways to Grow in Your Faith Faith. It can be the cornerstone of your life and provide you with the guidance and comfort you need at tough times. However, developing a strong faith isn’t always easy. Instead, we need to work at it and trust the Word. If you Read more
How to Turn Joshua 1:9 into Your Prayer of Courage Discouragement… It seems to be “going around” this week. From a little glum to down in the dumps, to outright desperate, I’ve encountered them all this week. Earlier this week, as I walked into the locker room at my gym, a young Read more
How to Count it All Joy (even in the difficult moments) Have you ever wanted to smack someone for something they said? Me too. In the space of forty-eight hours news came to me that a friend’s husband had been arrested, another friend and her husband had separated, and a Read more
7 Ways to Pray for that One Who’s Drifted Away from God I had the chance to be involved in a couple of Christian parenting events recently. Much great information was shared, and lots of good discussions took place. It was a joy to be included in these events. However, Read more
What to do When You’re Ready to Start Praying Powerful Prayers There’s something about prayer that gets people fired up. Maybe it’s the War Room movie. Maybe it’s the idea of creating a prayer room. Or, maybe it’s a deep desire of your heart to pray purposeful, meaningful prayers. People Read more