I woke up this morning thinking of my baby-girl, Alli. She’s your typical teenage girl. Hormones. Drama. Messy room. She has a love for clothes, shoes especially. Boys (well, we’re not going there yet). The thought I actually woke up with this morning is this, “Alli is going to make an amazing prayer warrior.” Alli has an amazing memory. Astounding, in fact. ...
Have you ever looked at your life and then looked at God and said, “What are you thinking? How does this fit with what You’ve put in my heart? I really don’t understand!” Yeah. Me too. A lot. Right now, in fact. Mikel and I are heading into a season that wasn’t even on our radar. But God…. I bumped ...
So, I woke up a little discouraged this morning. Thinking about Abraham again. Thinking about Genesis 15 again, where God came to him and gave him an amazing promise. Again. It had been years since God first spoke to him. “Go. Leave your home and family and everything you’ve ever known and go somewhere else. I’m not telling you where until you ...
I am a mama. It’s one of my favorite roles. I have three strong and healthy teenagers and I’ve loved them since the minute I found out I was carrying each of them. Adoption is not a part of my story. My parents are my natural parents. My kids are my natural kids. I don’t know what it’s like to want a ...
We’ve all seen the Pinterest life. Creative. Crafty. Uber time-consuming. Totally unrealistic. Pinterest. The grape-kabobs to get your kids to eat fruit in their lunches. Or the kiwi fruit trees: I mean it’s cute and all. And I like a palm tree as much as the next guy….but really? And then there’s me, who for Alli’s 13th birthday did not raid Pinterest for ...