So here I sit in the waiting room. The receptionist took my name, recorded my insurance data, and gestured to a chair. “Please have a seat. We will call you when the doctor is ready.” I look around. A mother holds a sleeping baby. A fellow dressed in a suit thumbs through Time magazine. A…
She Called Him… the God Who Sees Me
I am with you and for you. You face nothing alone — nothing! When you feel anxious, know that you are focusing on the visible world and leaving Me out of the picture. The remedy is simple: Fix your eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. Verbalize your trust in Me,…
Kinda Like Grace: Doing Good
So let’s not get tired of doing good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. — Galatians 6:9 Doing good. What is doing good? Getting our kids up early for school and having a hot breakfast waiting on the table with a morning devotional? Baking…
Fiction Friday: Katherine Reay
Editor’s note: Hooray! It’s Fiction Friday! Today we are featuring a bestselling and award-winning author — Katherine Reay. If you love classic Brit Lit like we do, you’ll love her! “Katherine Reay’s Dear Mr. Knightley kept me up until 2:00 a.m.; I simply couldn’t put it down.” —Eloisa James, New York Times best-selling author of Once Upon a Tower “You’re going…
What Do You Do When It Storms?
I never dreamed I would write a book about storms. Well, I also never dreamed I would face such tragedies but… it happened. I learned that storms are inevitable, and unfortunately they’re not a dream. A dream about a storm would be great but storms that become reality can be something else. When you experience…
Anything for His Glory
Father, I want those you have given Me to be with Me where I am, and to see My glory, the glory You have given Me because you loved Me before the creation of the world. — John 17:24 What do I want most? For me, there are so many things. I want a few…
Out of the Pit and Singing a New Song
You will have a new song in your mouth, a hymn of praise to your God. That’s the second way you’ll know you’ve waved goodbye to the pit. Right after the psalmist tells us that God sets us on the rock and gives us a firm place to stand, he tells us God gives us a new song: He…
Balance Is Overrated
Because if everything is important, nothing is. Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them. ~ Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin Every year in my company, I send out an in-depth survey to find out just a little…
How to Not Follow the Wrong Path
Being a mountain girl, I was raised to be daring, confident and independent. Our community had a small ski hill, ponds filled with frogs and snakes, a pasture for the community horses and a lot of opportunity for adventures. Paths were a big part of my daily life. I was never afraid, in fact, I…
Unbridled Faith: Bringing Out the Best in Us
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. — Romans 12:2 The Message Show me your horse, and I’ll tell you who you are. These special friends mirror us, exposing our true selves — warts and all.…