When You Don’t Feel Like Choosing Joy, Choose it Anyway
It was a seemingly normal day, considering the move we were in the middle of. Boxes everywhere, counters covered with all the stuff needing to be…
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You Carry Your Children’s Burdens—But Who’s Carrying Yours?
I was talking to my sister the other day, and she told me her teenage daughters (the two older of her four children) had both been crying the…
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I Want My Kids To See Me Seeking Jesus
I wanna get caught. I’m a little mischievous but this isn’t something I normally strive for, so let me explain. I went to a…
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Hey God, It’s Me
Hey, God. Sorry it’s been a minute. But something happened today, and for the first time in a long time, I felt like I understood Your heart a…
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Dear Grieving Mama, He Sees You
On those moments when you can’t get out of bed. When the pain is so sharp this new life can’t possibly be real. When you don’t recognize the…
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Lord, Just Get Me Through This Storm
I found myself driving alone, in the middle of a place I knew nothing about, with the wind and rain beating against me, and the low hanging dark…
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Knowing Jesus is With Us Makes All the Difference
Dear friend, I’m so sorry. Can we just sit together awhile? It’s fine to be quiet. You’re allowed to weep. Hold your children if they need…
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When Jesus Met You in Heaven
To my child born into Heaven: I love you. More than anything in the world, I wish I could hold you and tell you that I love you a million times. When…
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I Had Cheerios With Jesus Today
It was one of those days. We have all had them. Where you wake up and step on a LEGO, both kids are whining for absolutely no reason, and you happen…
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The Arms That Once Carried the Cross Hold Your Baby Today
My friend’s baby entered the world in the middle of the day. He entered the world sooner than we anticipated. He arrived and the tears that…
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