Rest
Open-book
Eric and I went on a lunch date yesterday, and on the way out of his office at church he grabbed a book and handed it to me. “I want you to read this chapter,” he said with a smile. The book was Donald Whitney’s Simplify Your Spiritual Life.
I want to [...]
Entering His Rest
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. [...]
Home
My sister Jennifer took this picture a few days ago of our kids at my mom’s house. They have been with them for the last nine days and are coming home tomorrow. To say that Eric and I miss them is a huge understatement. We are so excited for tomorrow to come [...]
Here for a Visit, Here for a Birth?
My mom and sister (with husband and my nephew) came down today to help us for the rest of the week, and secretly I know they are doing their own share of begging God that He would bring Shepherd here quickly! Can you believe it? He still isn’t here! I share the [...]
Leisure
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time [...]
Prayer for bodies
Sickness seems to be going around our family and extended family for the last several days. We have been visiting our family for the weekend and some meetings Eric has had for work, and we are returning home now. Please pray a quick prayer for my sister-in-law Alyssa, myself, are parents, and all [...]
Hooray
Hooray for feeling better! I just have to write because I know so many of you coming here have heard my prayer requests (and whining) about “morning-sickness.” For the last 3 or 4 consecutive days I have felt much, much better. I must be at the “magic” 12 or 13-week mark in [...]
Healing
Wow, I don’t really know how to express the emotions I have from reading the comments from my previous post. They were so diverse and detailed (oh, how I love to read good stories from other people’s lives), yet the unifying thread in all of them was the sincerity about the trials so many [...]
Be Back in a While
I need to take a blogging break for a while in order to spend more time studying the Word of God in quiet reflection and prayer (not doing that now), slowing down, managing morning-sickness as best as I can, focusing on our church commitments, and focusing on Christmas and teaching our little ones intentionally about [...]
MCO Retreat
Eric and I returned this afternoon from a wonderfully refreshing time together, which was a retreat weekend for Medical Campus Outreach. It was at a gorgeous old plantation with marvelous views. We were so blessed to be able to lead them in worship this weekend, and our hearts were enriched and revived with [...]