Category: Encouragement & Hope

Everytime I put on my walking shoes, Luna gets very excited. Usually what this means to her is a walk. I never learn here, so bear with me. I put on my shoes. Then I walk back to my room and get my phone…unless I put that on the table. Yep. I put it on…

Good morning, as I look outside to the sun rising, the colors. The lights. I’m grateful to see the sunshine again today. Something itching at the back of my mind, as the Israelites were leaving to walk into the desert (Exodus), they did not know where they were going. There were no maps, street signs,…

This will be a short one today, but I want to remember this. I want to remember. I forgot to put our puppy in her kennel for the night. And about midnight, I woke up with a migraine. Next to my side was a little dog sleeping/living her best life. I laid there for quite…

What do you do when your house is quiet? In my house, this does not happen very often. With six humans, two dogs, two cats and an emergency back up leopard gecko, normally there is always a buzz of activity. But this morning is quiet, I have a cat keeping me company, but all the…

Haha. You will have to read to the end what that has today with my writing today. I’ve written this before, but it bears repeating. Time spent studying and reflecting and learning more about our God leaves less time to worry, fear, and run ahead of God’s will for us in Christ Jesus. “O come,…

I have a journal of thanks that i have kept for the last few years, stops and starts at times. here’s what I am noticing though, I am grasping for ideas, yet all I need to start me off is the word itself. Today, I have been reading some verses on giving thanks. In 1…

As many of you may know, we have a puppy in our house. She is a tiny ball of energy with curiosity and mischief to boot. I was processing this morning some things I’ve been learning and this came to me. When I walk my two dogs I have, hopefully, one on one side and…

I had one of those days recently for me, where tears fall easily and fears threaten to overwhelm. I prayed for interactions with the DMV before we went in, specifically. People in line were sure we didn’t have the right documents or right payment method. I began to spiral. I began to cry. I had…

Yesterday, I had the start of a spiral. I was driving to the bank and tried to send a spoken text (complaining) to a friend and it didn’t go through. I was thinking of this and that. Then a whisper, what have you been writing? And I began to pray through it, acknowledging my worry,…

My mom sends Bible verses out every morning to her kids and her grandkids. She posts them on social media. She hopes that it blesses those who read it. Recently, she sent verse was soothing, like a blanket and cup of hot coffee on a cold morning. I haven’t done much work in Isaiah, I’ve…