I love the picture my friend Sarah paints with this devotion. I share it with you in hopes you will find joy like the delight a child finds on the playground. _____________________ Delighting. Committing. Being still. Lent is such a special time. It gives us time to...
I entered my destination into the car GPS as we waited for our fast-food breakfast. The guidance surprised me by giving me an alternative to my usual route to a city five hours away. I reasoned there must be some traffic issue that caused the re-route. We began the...
“Mommy, look! There’s Jesus!” my 5-year-old at the time said as he pointed to the sky. Taken aback, I quickly looked out the front window. Early that morning, I had asked God to reveal Himself to me during the day. Boy did He ever. It was a hot and humid summer...
The forecast called for fierce winds. I had dropped my boys off with my parents so they could watch them while I was 5 minutes away at a Bible study. We ended early so that everyone could get home before the storm hit. I got to their house and quickly grabbed the...
He called him Precious. Until the day he went to be with Jesus, he called his 6-foot, 13-year-old son Precious. Whether at bedtime, on the football field or basketball court, that name belonged to my now 21-year-old. Words of endearment stir our hearts and, in our...
“Why did God send the ants?” Parker asked his brother at the dinner table. With five-year-old wisdom, Garrett quickly returned, “You know that God can hear you. He can even hear you in Disney World.” In his deep, raspy voice, Parker shouts, “God! Why did you send the...