When we walk in the door of our house, our dogs Sadie and Savannah, run to us, wagging their tails, looking up expectantly. I find myself getting down on their level, scratching their fur, repeating, “I see you, Sadie! I see you, Savannah. Yes I do.” And they literally dance with joy! Humans long to […]

Forgiven This word gives me rest.  As people we so often say, “I forgive you”, but we keep bringing it back up, can’t get over it, don’t really let it go.   Isn’t it great that God is not like that.   Through our God, we are forgiven for now and all eternity.  He paid for all […]

Content – it’s a word that I’m not used to using. The dictionary defines content as being “peacefully happy” and sometimes it’s a word that I fear I may never be. Peacefully happy–is that even possible?? But, this idea of being peacefully happy has been sitting with me in more ways than one. Contentment, finding […]

Whenever I would read the story of the ten lepers in Luke 17, I would say, “Really we’re all lepers.” I think that’s the first step toward being grateful. The realization and receiving of what Jesus has done for us brings about a change within us. It says in Luke 17 that of the ten […]

God began this universe by purposefully creating it day by day.  On the final day of creation, He created man in His own image to have fellowship with Him and declared it very good.  But they broke the fellowship by doing the one thing God told them not to do.  They listened to Satan’s lie […]

“But I have a routine when I get home!”  “I wear different shoes out of my car….”  “I throw my scrubs and mask cover into the washer in the garage and run upstairs to shower right away!“ “I gel in and gel out!”  “My hands are always dried out from all the sanitizer and hand […]

“But we were called!”  I pleaded with my husband with tears in my eyes and an ache in my heart – we had moved our whole world and sought to serve in what could only be described as the trenches of the human trafficking movement. Yet, after all of the prayers and quiet times and […]

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV What can become new again?  I recently bought a certified pre-owned car and although the car was new to me it was not a new car. I replaced the bumper and although the bumper was […]

I walked out the doors of our family business, after working there for over 30 years.  It was a place I loved and wanted to burn to the ground at the same time.  It was my safe place and a place I had gotten comfortable.  It was our family business, my job, and my identity […]

Refresh: give new strength or energy to; reinvigorate Synonyms: recharge, recreate, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, repair, revitalize Antonyms: dispirited, drained, exhausted, tired, weak,  After researching my word “refresh”, can I just tell you how much I love it?? ha! How sweet is it that God wants to recharge us, renew us, repair us, strengthen us, revitalize us, regenerate […]