Category: Encouragement & Hope

***this is another post I never finished, so you’ll see some references to time that has past, but i think this is worthy of being posted still. Thank you. So it begins, our first real snowfall of the year and it’s supposed to snow the entire day. Snow reminds me of a few things that…

Last night found me awake and unable to rest. My thoughts traced a path to painful experiences and I said, out loud, Jesus. I shudder. And I just say his name. I’m thankful I am not the only one who has trouble over night. David also had difficulty at this time of day. Psalm 4,…

I cannot say why it happens. There are days where I wake up with peace and comfort. there are also days where the morning is hard. Pain, fear, dismay cloud my vision and immediately I know what I need to do. You see, every morning I wake early, heat up my rice packs and heating…

Good morning, its been a few days, hasn’t it? Well, we have snow today which is wild considering our temperatures on Saturday were in the 80s. Maybe this is the last snow before spring begins? I spent my weekend working through the last chapters of Acts and I want to write it down so I…

Yesterday I listened to a message by Tim Keller. All on hope. My heart needed this and today I am tracing the word throughout the Bible. Let’s go. “For the poor will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever. Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail; Let the nations…

How do I talk to people in my life who have a bit of the truth, but they are not walking daily with Jesus, the way to the Father? Do i just grieve and worry and mull? Honestly, that has been my mantra for quite a time now. Jesus isn’t working things in my timeline…

When I keep worries locked up in my mind and do not share them, I worry more. Why does this happen and why do I keep doing this? My therapist would call this a well grooved path. I have, over time, conditioned my mind to hold onto the things. And then, I almost look for…

Do you have those requests that nag at the back of your mind, yet you do not utter because they seem a little small? In the grand scheme of things, some of the concerns I have, it’s very easy to say, this is too little. Even typing that it sounds ridiculous, every prayer God hears.…

We started watching the Voice again. There is something about watching a person sing with their whole heart, waiting for the chairs to turn, and family in the wings pleading for a chair to turn. I can’t imagine it. I’m a little too focused on people pleasing for this to be fun. (I’m a work…

It’s very easy for me to assess my life and look at the areas that have not been healed or answered and think these questions. Where are you, God? Why didn’t you answer in the way I thought you should? When will there be a breakthrough here? This is in the middle of the night…