Idolizing Your Heartache

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.—Philippians 3:13-14

I’ve been through a lot in my life—childhood abuse, abandonment, seeing loved ones struggle with addiction, (more…)

Moving On

. . . forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead . . . —Philippians 4:13b

Many people were happy to bid good riddance to previous year. It was a year of great tension, trial, loss and division. And now that it’s behind us, it’s important we don’t spend the new one looking in the rearview mirror. It’s time (more…)

Enduring Love

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.—1 Thessalonians 4:13

Mom H. loved me. It was a choice she made when I was a sullen 10-year-old who refused to make friends. She didn’t know I had erected a wall around my (more…)

Death Waits for No One

Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in paradise. – Luke 23:43

It was another Sunday morning. As my husband parked, I looked down at my phone to check the time.

Instead my eyes fixed on a text. My precious aunt’s heart had failed, and she had gone to be with Jesus during the night.

How was I to respond? What (more…)