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I was presented with something this week that got me thinking about when a calling from God interrupts those around us making them not want to be around us because of what God has called us to. Have you ever experienced that moment when you are certain that those around you (whether family or friends) have a churning in their guts because they don’t want to have to “deal” with what your reality is in what God has called you...

We are smack in the middle of the journey to bring home our 9th treasure from China. Although the process has changed since we first adopted 10 years ago, the thing that’s changed the most is ME! → ...

Parent teacher conference time has rolled around again. On Friday, my daughter handed me a note asking parents to call school to make an appointment. She nervously asked, “What do you talk about at parent teacher conferences?” → ...

My optimistic attitude and faith have served as great companions in supplying endurance in the most difficult circumstances.  Even when my first response is of the flesh, the Lord always gives me new perspective and changes my heart on the matter. Sometimes He removes the obstacle, sometimes He walks me around it, and sometimes He allows me to struggle, chin-deep in the quicksand of the matter. → ...

As quite the introvert, writing a post as personal as this in a public arena completely throws me outside of my comfort zone…but our prayer through our entire adoption process has been that the Lord would use our family to his glory and others’ good. The last couple of months have intensified our desire for families to know more about international adoption. Our eyes have certainly been opened, and we believe that Christian couples must pursue excellence in partaking and supporting...

Trusting God…something ALL people have wrestled with, right?  Whether it is the unbeliever who struggles to know if there is a God to trust, or the young believer who has trusted God for forgiveness for their sins but now struggles trusting Him with their relationships, or perhaps it is the person who has walked with the Lord for 40 years and has a health crisis that brings them to struggle with trusting God in the mist of physical pain.  I believe...