This card came in the mail yesterday. From Selah’s doctor up at the Children’s Hospital. She remembers every year. Just one word– Selah, To pause and value. And I went walking with some friends this morning and one said– “It’s not that you miss the person less… It’s that around you, life fills (with [Read More...]
Matt. 16:15 Mark 8:29 Luke 9:20 John 14:6 John 14:10 James 2:19 John 6:35 John 8:28 John 8:58 What other places in God’s Word do you find the answers to these questions? What is the difference between question #2 and question #3 ? Don’t want to miss new posts? Please connect [Read More...]
Weeping With Those Who Weep– Four years ago last April…I fell asleep slumped over a hospital bed, up at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. And the next morning our daughter Selah died. And I was kicking myself for moments-lost-in-slumber. At first there was the piercing pain, where it was difficult to even breathe. It was [Read More...]
April 25 th.The day Selah died. One deep-special-heart-ache-reason that I long for Heaven.But really,There are so many reasons why– Heaven changes everything. Please join me over at The Better Mom today… Where I’m sharing about why we all need to talk to our children about Heaven (with suggested resources to encourage the dialogue). Please join [Read More...]
I often lived as an eternity amnesiac. I, too, often lived with the unrealistic expectations and functional hopelessness that always results when you tell yourself that this life you have right here, right now, is all there is… This present life is not all there is. There is a forever on the other side of [Read More...]
I wrestle with this heartache.Knowing that your pain–pulls my heart closer.Your heartache–makes our roads converge. I would pray it away if I could.It’s that same tension.I believe it–“God causes all things to work together…” (let’s leave out “for our good”)It’s so tempting to leave it out.Only because it’s hard to swallow…Without the living it. Though [Read More...]
Wife, mommy, friend, follower of Jesus… I shared about Frances back on July 13. At 12:23 today Frances went home to be with Jesus.Please be praying for her husband Scott and their two little girls…hurting hearts missing one so loved. And if you have a moment, please visit their blog to read what Frances wrote these past few [Read More...]
…but you know you’ll be with Him. Not a lot of pictures in this one…just words that need to be heard. I wanted to share this post from some special friends of ours.I asked Scott for permission to share because I think Frances’ words must be shared.She’s facing what I’m probably most afraid of….Dying and [Read More...]
*photo credit I don’t want our kids to feel at home here.Because– This is not their home. Yes–I want them to enjoy life.And be healthy.And feel comfort.And know safety.And taste success. But not if it means that they–Feel too much at home. That’s why we often talk about death.I know…I probably just lost 3 out [Read More...]
From this morning’s Daily Bread: “If you believe that the Son of God died and rose again…your whole future is full of the dawn of eternal morning, coming up beyond the hills of life, and full of such hope as the highest imagination for the poet has not a glimmer yet.” ~George MacDonald “The Son [Read More...]
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
