Marriage can be a beautiful, but tricky thing. First of all, let me say that I’m so thankful to be married to a man who is a new creation in Jesus and who is always growing and learning. The two of us have the same Spirit, so in the end, God smoothes out our rough edges. But in the middle . . . well, we sometimes get splinters. Take this past Sunday morning. My husband grew up in a...
I had this idea for an illustration of some verses from Galatians 3, so I’m sharing the printable with you today! We are teaching through the story of God’s promise, or covenant, to Abraham (Genesis 12, 15 & 17) in Sunday school, and also happen to be studying the New Testament’s application of that promise in Galatians 3. “for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There...
I am frustrated with my frustration. I am impatient with my own impatience. Why do I keep letting these little people get to me? We may all look put-together as we herd our scrubbed and somewhat-matching little duckies into church on Sunday morning, but I have a feeling we all say the same things come mid-Monday morning. Today we had a frustrating morning of attempting school while trying to keep the baby from climbing from the chairs to the...
Some weeks, I think of about a million things to write. Other weeks it seems that I’m just “done” and have nothing to say. I try to simply ask God what I should write and draw, and then listen for the truths that encourage my (often) weary heart. I read this the other day in a great little devotional, “Experiencing the Trinity” by Joe Thorn: “To be moved by the love of Jesus is not the arousal of...
We are celebrating a Maundy Thursday meal with our community group tomorrow night and I was doing some research for the devotional. What is Maundy Thursday? I’m so glad you asked, because I didn’t know either! It’s mostly agreed that the “maundy” comes from the Latin “mandatum” which comes from the words spoken by Jesus on the night He celebrated the Passover with His disciples, the same night He was betrayed by his friend and later turned over to...
Flower Image: Shay Cochrane Photography I put my foot to the gas pedal today and remembered my dream. I am driving and the brakes aren’t responding as I careen through traffic. Out of control. And scared. I often have another dream. I’m at school and ready for class. In some versions I don’t have my schedule so I have no idea where class is and what time it starts. In another version, I haven’t done any studying and today is...
