Perhaps the biggest personal frustrations in what we refer to as ministryāwhether that be the ministry of marriage, or family, or missions, or church-planting or lay ministryācome as the natural results of our own sinful selves. We are so easily …
Tag: He Is Worthy
She Did Not Need an Orphanage
She lived on the streets. But she did not need an orphanage. She needed a home. She did not need a shared bed in a suffocatingly hot dorm room, with rats running the rafters over her head. She needed a …
Why Not?
I read recently that November is Defend the Orphan month. The Bible is very clear that we are always to defend the fatherless. So what exactly does the word ādefendā mean? The 1828 dictionary defines it this way: āTo drive …
On Falling and Letting Go
Years ago, there was a tree in our front yard whose leaves turned a deep, gorgeous red every Autumn. We lived in a split-level home and the branches of the tree were eye level with our living room window. One …
God Is Good
There are moments when heartaches like sea billows roll. In the waves, God is good. There are days when physical pain is too much to handle, and tears of weakness fall. In the pain, God is good. There are times …
My Lost Boys of Honduras
In a Neverland of misty mountains, cloud forests, and a thousand shades of green, there is a subculture of boys who will never grow up. Boys who will never see more than a glimpse of childhood, yet will never understand …
A Mango for Mother’s Day
We drive through town, dodging stray dogs and fruit carts on this hot Motherās Day. A fragrant pink rose bounces in the sunshine of the dashboard. We stop at a restaurant and park in the shade of a tall mango …
Night Songs
{This is a repost of a post I wrote for the Encouragement From Women Who’ve Been There Facebook Page} Psalm 77 āI cried unto God with my voice…In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran …
You Are Loved
On a day when many will wake up feeling especially loved, when many will wake up feeling especially lonely, and when many will wake up just the same as any other day in Februaryāthere is, you might say, a Valentine …
Hush, This Isnāt Your Battle
Lately, it seems like everyone is fighting or arguing or puffing themselves up towards each otherāuncannily similar to my neighborās roosters that endlessly wander into my front yard, bickering and squawking and flapping their wings at each other over bugs, …
