I told you I’d be back (two blog posts in one week–what?)! Summer break is just around the corner for us. I’m freaking out a little bit about having everyone at home again, but believing that God has good things for us this summer, and that I will not go crazy and lose my hair . . . or my mind . . . or both. Sigh. The anxiety is real, friends. I want to have some...
Happy June everyone! I can’t believe my kiddos will be out of school for the summer after Friday! To celebrate the new month, I’m sharing a little burst of color and truth for your phone. A friend gave me this verse recently as encouragement and it paired well with this painting I had done, so I put them together for you! “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the...
Today’s the day! I’m so excited to share with you my my coloring book! It’s called Coloring the Word: Comfort and Hope, and I hope that it’s the first of many. God has been so faithful to comfort me through Scripture, and I’m so excited to share a little of that comfort with you through my art. This is a book for those who are fearful, confused, tired, anxious, and feeling weighed down and alone. I find that when you combine...
It’s a beautiful day here in Virginia. I’ve been enjoying working outside in the garden, mulching the flower beds, getting my fingers dirty because my gardening gloves are frayed in five of the ten fingers. That winter heaviness is being replaced by new growth. Today I’m thinking about how what we believe about a person and how they feel about us affects how we interpret what they say and do. If we’re confident in someone’s affection and our connection...
Sometimes anxiety can be a lonely experience. “What are you worried about?” my husband will often ask. “I don’t know. It’s just everything all at once,” I usually say. Anyone else with me? It can be lonely to not even be able to express an internal struggle. I was worshipping with my church family on Sunday and struggling with some anxiety, finding it a hard to sing out and focus. I think God said to me, “I know. I...
Sometimes it’s hard to get on this blog and say encouraging things, whether from a place of my own personal trials or the ones I share with those I love. And yet, the good news is still good. I hear the Savior say, “Thy strength indeed is small, Child of weakness, watch and pray, Find in Me thine all in all.” It’s hard for me to reconcile the goodness of God and pain. My tendency is to push...
