Guest Post: My Heartbreak to Strength Story
Finding Strength Through Surrender
We all know the feeling of heartbreak: how it aches, how it ruins. How we long. The year 2007 is what I often refer to as my “mountaintop.” My relationship with God was on fire,…
Discovering God’s Provision in the Middle of Heartbreak
“So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” Genesis 22:14 This is a story…
Embracing God’s Faithfulness In Loss
From my earliest memories, I have known that God is faithful. I’ve sung hymns about it, I’ve taught my kids about it and I’ve memorized verses about it. It’s one thing to study God’s faithfulness…
Finding Strength to Forgive
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 I breathed in before jumping off the boat into the November waters of the…
Transformed by Grief
Our family has a long-standing tradition of singing the Twelve Days of Christmas. Beginning on Christmas Day, we light white candles in the center of the table before dinner and sing Joy to the World,…
Held By His Strength
I don’t do it every year, but in January 2014, I reluctantly settled on my “word of the year.” In praying about which word I felt led to, I resisted the one continually popping into…
God Rescued My Broken Heart
My life is not at all what it started out to be. Back in the day – late 90’s, I was certain I had it all figured out and was right on track for harnessing…
When Your World Stops Moving
It’s been a lifetime ago since my Daddy went to Heaven. 18 years to be exact, which is the age I was when he was given the shocking diagnosis of Stage 4 Osteosarcoma. The news…
Finding Strength From Our Good Shepherd
My stomach knotted as I sat facing the airport exit. People crowded onto the escalator, each searching for their next gate and flight. The calm tone of my friend’s voice on my phone was the…