Category Hope
Midnight Rendezvous with Dawn
It was not a romantic interlude underneath the crisp starlight skies. It was not a late night of conversation, tears, and laughter with friends. No tonight my midnight rendezvous was with a sink full of soapy water and a counter of dishes that had stacked up over the past two days. Yes, at 12:24am I […]
Sweet Sleep
As we look to the beginning of another week, how are you feeling? Do you feel excited, eager, and filled with hopeful expectation? Do you feel numb and flat that it is just another mediocre week filled with the same tasks as last week? Do you feel anxious, nervous, worrisome, stressed, frazzled, or fearsome? Are […]
Is it a Pit or a Well?
“We can not dig ourselves out of a hole.” Defeatedly, the words scratched through my constricting throat like sandpaper over course wood. Tears welled in my eyes until they fell like loosed boulders tumbling down the cliffs of my cheeks. There we sat, my husband and I, in the cavity of our circumstances – stuck […]
Overflowing Gratitude
“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:2 (NIV) I could find no better way to open today than with the greeting found at the beginning of Paul’s letters in the books of the New Testament. Grace and Peace to each of you, my dear readers! I […]
Bearing the Burden Together
Do you ever feel like the load of life’s burdens are too much to carry alone, yet feel guilty about sharing the weight of the troubles with others? “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 (NIV) I should be the last person to write on this topic. […]
PEP UP for Joy 