Editor’s note: Kate Merrick, her husband Britt, and their family faced a life-changing cancer diagnosis, long and painful treatments, and the death of their daughter Daisy. In the midst of the suffering, they chose to be present with God and with each other and find the beauty in the pain. * Pivotal moments pave the…
Time for a Fresh Start
Is anything too hard for the Lord? — Genesis 18:14 It’s a brand-new year. It’s the time of year we start thinking about making changes. This year, rather than writing a quick list of resolutions that we’ll likely forget before February, maybe we should take a different approach. This is a good time for each…
All Things New: The Hope of Renewal
Picture a treasure chest. Not a small box that might hold jewelry on a girl’s nightstand — a large treasure chest, larger than any suitcase you own, larger than any suitcase you’ve ever seen. Picture a massive oak treasure chest, like pirates might have used, with large iron hinges and a huge clasp. The size…
Wait for It: Slow Cooking
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. — Psalm 27:14 The slow cooker is somewhat of a mixed blessing. It makes dinner easy and virtually stress free, but it also makes your home smell delicious hours before the meal is actually ready to be eaten. Just try to…
The Jacob Money Type: Embrace the Desire to Bring Beauty to the World
Without Jacob types, the world is just a bit drabber. You’re often looked to as one who can turn an intense situation around, or perhaps come in with a fresh and innovative perspective on how to make a project, home, or situation turn toward beauty. Others may look at the way you relate to money…
The Journey Isn’t Our Destination
We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see. What we see will last only a short time, but what we cannot see will last forever. — 2 Corinthians 4:18 NCV Jesus tells us to “Seek first the kingdom of God” (Matthew 6:33). This is His invitation to us.…
Questions About Heaven?
Why do most people believe in some kind of life after death, even if they aren’t particularly religious or don’t think about it very much? God has put within each of us an inner sense that life on earth is not all there is. The Bible answers this so clearly: [God] has also set eternity in the hearts…
Winter into Spring
Today’s devotional is excerpted from A Charles Dickens Devotional, beginning with this selection from The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: It was, by this time, within an hour of noon, and although a dense vapour still enveloped the city they had left, as if the very breath of its busy people hung over their schemes…