Are you facing a task that seems too big for you? Great! Now you get to watch God work! When our strength is small, God’s power is unleashed. He gets the glory instead of us. Here’s an example of God working that I’ve been watching for the past nine months. About 30 families regularly attend…
Tag: courage
Comfort in Uncertainty
We all want to hear that things are going to be alright. We’re riveted by stories coming out of Ukraine as we watch the David and Goliath battle. The dark threat of world war shadows the horizon as world powers take sides. Shuddering at the impact this could have, we just want our own…
Courageous
You hear the alarm bells ringing in your head. Your teenage granddaughter is parroting a worldview she learned from the media, but it clashes with the Bible. What do you do? Your spouse is exhibiting negative behavior. Do you call him on it or pretend you don’t notice? A dear friend is bemoaning current events. …
Celebration!
It was a wonderful weekend of savoring family. We gathered in our daughter’s hometown to celebrate her completion of cancer treatment and her 42nd birthday. It was a fun mask-erade party. She has bravely pushed through nine months of radical surgery, intense chemo, and extended radiation. . . all that pain and misery with a…
Speak Up
“Don’t talk to me about that!” our granddaughter snapped as she crossed her arms and glared at me several days ago. Flopping down into a chair, she fumed, “I don’t want to hear about it.” Our newly six-year-old kindergartner was dreading her solo poem recitation in front of an auditorium of parents just one evening…