Do You Believe This Is True?

Do You Believe This Is True?  All for the glory of God and my good!  Do you believe this? Sometimes I wonder if it is true. When my motherhood journey had just begun and I had two little boys close in age and was very weary.  I wondered if this was for God’s Glory? I was so tired, worn, and stretched. Would it matter whether I make French toast for breakfast or let them eat cold cereal? Who really cares…

What Happens When God Disrupts Our Plans?

What Happens When God Disrupts Our Plans?  You would assume being a missionary’s wife I would know all about a trusting in unknown times. But God still has (LOTS OF) lessons for me to learn.  Three months after moving to Honduras our plans were disrupted. COVID shifted our world and suddenly we found ourselves without a “job.” We had planned to fly surgeons from the U.S. to help minister to the people in our city. Travel stopped and suddenly we…

Holding Fast to What is Good

Holding Fast to What is Good I read these words in I Thessalonians 5:21 the other day: “Hold fast to what is good…” It got me thinking about what I’m holding onto these days. What am I looking forward to? What am I anchoring myself in? I often turn to other things – people, food, circumstances – to help me feel safe. I don’t need to tell you those things are not going to ever make me feel safe.  The…

Did You Know the Holy Spirit Prays for You?

Did You Know the Holy Spirit Prays for You?  The third person of the Trinity can be the forgotten God. We often miss His work by simply forgetting Who He is and what He is doing in our lives. God is triune: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And all the divine attributes of God and Jesus are also in the Holy Spirit. When you believe and receive Jesus, God moves into you in the person of the Holy Spirit, guiding…