Journal the Journey

“I don’t know what it is about turning 32, but something in me has been stirred up over these past few days. I am excited about this year, and I feel a deep sense that it is truly going to be the best year yet. There will be hardships. There will be times for mourning Continue reading

I don’t know what it is about turning 32, but something in me has been stirred up over these past few days. I am excited about this year, and I feel a deep sense that it is truly going to be the best year yet. There will be hardships. There will be times for mourning Continue reading

As I was looking in my subject index in my study Bible to research “time,” I did not understand why it references Mark 6:48 as “time, divided into watches.” Well, I still don’t understand even after looking it up, but I found myself immediately drawn into the story… the very story I’ve been familiar with Continue reading

My voice has been either raspy, deep, or cracked all week, I believe due to allergies. I’ve never lost my voice due to illness that I can remember until this year, and this is the 2nd time it’s happened in the past 6 months. When I put my 8 year old daughter to bed the Continue reading

One morning this week as I was driving to work, I was thinking about how easily I let the daily ins and outs of life distract me from the One who has captivated my heart. In true God fashion, the Holy Spirit gave me the solution to this problem, and I made a note to Continue reading

“King Hezekiah, his officers, and all the people in Jerusalem agreed to celebrate the Passover in the second month. They could not celebrate it at the normal time, because not enough priests had made themselves ready to serve the Lord…” (2 Chronicles 30:2-3) When reading through the stories of the Old Testament kings, you will Continue reading

My precious Mom is the reason I am sitting at my kitchen table at 1 a.m. musing instead of sleeping like the rest of the household, and I am thankful for this truth. There’s no possible way I can rightly honor her in just fifteen minutes so I am not going to attempt such a Continue reading

“Don’t you know I can redeem time?” He asks me, full of confidence in His abilities and love for me and with not a bit of condemnation in His voice. And suddenly the storm of condemnation I am drowning in begins to cease as I pause to listen more closely. As the tears roll off Continue reading

I had a thought today… no, a truth that resonated within me to my very bones:  “You’re not worthless.”  Never. No matter how hard I fall, no matter how short of perfect I am at any given moment, never ever ever can I utter in truthfulness that I am worthless.  The background story: I’ve struggled Continue reading

The past two posts have been cliffhangers, and I want to say to those I know would like to read my continuing thoughts on them (my biggest supporters, you know who you are): I will return to them when I get the inspiration to. One of the beautiful things about this blog is that it’s Continue reading