I can admit it- I am a fixer… I don’t like to feel pain and I don’t like anyone around me to feel pain, discomfort, anxiety, sadness, feeling left out, etc… I’ve always been like this- even as a child…I am quick to react when there is pain- I am not one to let it…
We heard a voice of a child inside and so we knocked a couple of more times. Finally a lady with dirty hair and a filthy shirt opens the door. I smelled something rotten. I thought for sure I was going to pass out. As we walked in her apartment trash was everywhere and her…
“You do realize no one has ever done this before, don’t you?” I’ll never forget those words. Of course we realized it, but we also knew God opened the door for us to pursue this adoption a second time. He already knew the final outcome and would walk with us to make it…
Mathew 2:1-18 The story of the visit of the magi does not appear in any other place in the Bible. As I read through the verses this year I focused on the the Magi, the star, and the gifts. As I read through the passage these are the words that stuck out. Look at…
“Don’t open this until you get home.” I’d heard those words once already just a few weeks before. A friend from church invited me out for coffee. After a lovely evening catching up, we stood beside our cars outside to say goodbye. When she reached out to hug me, she handed me a sealed envelope…
The coming of Christ. Such a special time of year, IF we can take our eyes from the secular world of advertising and look to the hope, love, joy of this season And last but best of all the PEACE of Christ. I made an acronym for Peace Put Everything Aside Jesus…
I love seeing big numbers in my bank account (especially since I so rarely see them). I knew our tax refund check would be substantially larger than most years once we filed our taxes post-adoption. I envisioned all we could do with a few extra thousand dollars. I planned to take my recently adopted…
My husband, oldest son Kyle, and I went to the Outlets nearby. I was watching people coming in and out of stores with boys hands full of bags. There were signs on every store about the sales going on. Salesmen and women luring people in with the once in a lifetime deal. We live in…
She emerged dripping wet and beaming light, while sporting the most peaceful smile. In this moment, all was as it should be, for her…for all of us there. It was the beginning and an ending all at once. Since living on an island in the Pacific this past year, the ocean has changed for…
Even though we went to church regularly as I grew up and we attended Christmas Eve services, heard the Christmas story with the animals, the inn, the stable, the start, the shepherds and the magi – I did not feel or understand the truth of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace of Christmas until Christmas…
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