god’s beautiful creation

god’s beautiful creation

I was in middle school art class when it became clear to me that I did not have much artistic ability. The assignment was to paint a picture of a swan. I have no idea why this memory remains with me all these years later, but I remember that my swan looked more like...
no hallmark movie

no hallmark movie

Read: Psalm 34:8; Exodus 34:6; James 1:17; Psalm 27:13; Psalm 145:5-7 Reflect:  It was a year punctuated by the sudden death of my mother and my first miscarriage.  We were devoted to a parachurch ministry and my husband was working fulltime while finishing...
god is always faithful

god is always faithful

Read: “And Joshua said, ‘Alas, O Lord God, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned...