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New Things Starting Here May 1!
Have you ever stood on the edge of something that was like the best combination of excitement and scared out of your mind? God is calling me to step out in faith and move like I’m actually believing Him on this whole thing. Starting May 1st, new things are happening for Women Who Believe This whole thing started one day…
Read MoreIf there are words for Him then I don’t have them ~ A Spoken Word
As we awaken, as our hearts awaken to Easter this day… this. Listen or read, a spoken word by Isaac Wimberley, woven into Kari Jobe’s “Forever”. THE WORD If there are words for Him then I don’t have them You see my brain has not yet reached a point Where it could form a thought That could adequately…
Read MoreCritics, Cynics and Childlike Faith | Opening up Your Heart to all that is Easter Weekend
Today was one of those days I wish I could have hit the record button so I could play it all back again. Today was field trip day to the aquarium with my 6 year old and his first grade class. So I put everything on hold to spend the day at this overpriced amazing aquapalooza with hundreds of school-aged little…
Read MorePrayer IS the Greater Work
This quote from Oswald Chambers has been messing with me lately: Prayer does not equip us for greater works— prayer is the greater work. Prayer is the greater work. Not talking about it more with my girlfriends. Not analyzing it to death. Not trying harder, or working smarter, or staying ahead of all the options.…
Read MoreMaybe Sit Here for a Moment, Before the New Year
His brown eyes sparkled as he told me every last detail. My son’s eyes slay me. And with so many stories to tell during these holiday-days, I am often completely taken with the joy in his eyes. I use to sit in wonder of those moms who seemed to actually enjoy school breaks with their kids. I was…
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Story of Fleas, Nazi Germany and JOY
‘”Fleas!’ I cried. ‘Betsie, the place is swarming with them!’ “We scrambled across the intervening platforms, heads low to avoid another bump, dropped down to the aisle and hedged our way to a patch of light. “‘Here! And here another one!’ I wailed. ‘Betsie, how can we live in such a place!’ “‘Show us. Show us how.’…
Read MoreAware of His Presence…What If We Lived Here?
This summer I read a book that has easily become one of my top five. Soul Keeping, by John Ortberg, has stirred up stuff in me like few books ever have. Its premise is that I’ve been given only one soul, Jesus said it’s worth more than the whole world and I MUST watch over and care for it with great…
Read MoreWhy We Must Remember and How It Impacts our JOY
Last summer our family took an amazing vacation to the Pacific Northwest. I’d never spent a significant amount of time up there, I’d been through Seattle’s airport but never north of there – OH MY WORD. It’s like everything amazing all rolled into one place ~ ocean, farms, towns, mountains, lakes. And I think…
Read MoreDo I Trust Him Beyond What My Eyes Can See?
I know you all aren’t here for a weather report, but in case you were wondering, it’s snowing like crazy in Colorado. We are in the middle of what the Weather Channel is calling an “Arctic Outbreak” and our final fall colors are all but gone and replaced with bitter cold and low gray skies.…
Read MoreLies, Truth and Holding Onto our JOY
The other morning one of my boys was completely gripped with fear. He was convinced of certain bugs and large living things in our basement. I tried the super compassionate response of “Seriously, son?”, but messing with him wasn’t going to help. We talked for a while, trying to figure out the why’s of it all, but…
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