I was reading this week about how God’s covenant with the people of Israel was centered on the promise of His presence. Old Testament scholar, John Walton writes, “God’s purpose in making the covenant was to initiate a relationship that would eventually lead to the reestablishment of his presence on earth after humanity had lost access to his presence in Genesis 3” (Wisdom for Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation). On the other side of the...
I had a longer blog post planned for this week, but quite honestly I’m having a hard time keeping it together this week. Let’s just say the combination of three kids doing school at home all day plus the frustration of not getting to do all the things I’d like to do is draining for me. As I looked through some photos I snapped recently of old family photos at my mom’s house, I thought about my parents. I...
If you spend any time at all on Instagram or Pinterest (as I do), you’ll scroll past lots of cute saying about life–what matters, what it’s supposed to be like, and how it’s supposed to be lived. “I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” “Your only limit is you.” “Be your own kind of beautiful.” “You are enough.” We scroll and absorb and then when real life smacks us in the face,...
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...
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...
Hello friends! I’ve been a little quiet around here, I know, but I wanted to pop in briefly and share this Scripture with you that has been ministering to me: “When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” Psalm 91:14 I don’t know if you’ve ever felt the overwhelming weight of anxiety and fear. I sure have. Slowly God is leading me through, teaching me discern between the voice of fear and the voice...
Between homeschool school and co-op, a craft fair and travel over the weekend, all manner of issues swirling around our country, and Fall allergy season kicking in, everything feels a bit “fuzzy” for me right now. There are things on my heart I’d like to share, but because “fuzziness” of the brain does not a great writer make, I’ll share these words from Romans 12 with you today and pray that God speaks truth to where you need it...
It’s a new month and time for new screensaver art! This is the truth that I’ve been pausing on for a while. “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so...
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