Category: Encouragement
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This is the Way; Walk in it.
I step out the door, my bare feet hit the cool concrete. I lift my eyes to examine the horizon, and nostalgia sweeps over me. The yard no longer holds the cherry tree, and the white fence is chipped from years gone by. Beyond the fence I see the field…
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I am Redeemed!
“He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into…
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December
Happy December sweet friends! We are finally in the last month of the year and I am so stoked for what is to come! I have no idea what that will be, but beginnings are my favorite. Today I have been thinking about this verse and on the spur of…
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Welcome
I did not think I would wait this long before writing another blog post. I had every intention of writing this sooner, but here we are. Blogging requires consistency, something I cannot claim, my words do not come easily these days. It has just dawned on me that I have…
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To the average
Hello friends. I have been hesitant to blog for going on eight months now. Don’t worry, I am not going to make it nine. Sitting down to write has been a process. I have had many things on my heart but lacked the confidence to share. Each time I typed…
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January
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:18-19 Isaiah chapter 43 has been one of my favorite chapters in the Bible for some time now. Tucked inside of this chapter…
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As the Corn Grows
“He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.” 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 …
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Rebound
It has been a little over one month since I landed on U.S soil. What a month it has been! Adjustment back to the U.S is more of a mental struggle than a physical one. Trying to fit both of my worlds together continues to be hard. At this point,…
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Goodbye
Nicaragua, I truly never envisioned spending a summer here. Or even spending an extended amount of time with you. Yet, 2 1/2 months later, I am having a hard time saying goodbye. I have always been terrible at goodbyes. Never once have I liked them. (Except for that one time…
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Praise Like Rain
“One of the hardest things we do in life is learn.” Marcus Pearson About a month ago, I found myself sick in the bottom of a boat on my way to a remote village. The sickness came on fast and furious, leaving no time for planning the wisdom behind me…
by Martha June 