Finding Rest and Balance

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from Him, who can eat or who can have enjoyment?—Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 (ESV)

I’ve always been active and relatively health-conscious, but in 2019, I went through a metamorphosis. I was approaching (more…)

It’s Celiac Disease Awareness Month

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.—2 Corinthians 12:9

In 2005, a year after a complete hysterectomy, I began seeing multiple doctors for what seemed like multiple unrelated issues. (more…)

What Idolatry Looks Like Today

You shall have no other gods before Me. – Exodus 20:3

I have a strange confession to make. I really dislike raspberries. My husband has joked that I was attacked by one as a child, and that’s not far from the truth. The backstory involves an abusive babysitter who, when told to feed me everything in sight to help me gain weight, (more…)