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  The story of Jonah’s reluctance to obey God and go to Nineveh to “cry out against it” reminds me of my own reluctance to fully trust and obey Him. Jonah tried to run as far as he could in the opposite direction. Though I may not physically board a ship, I often respond in disobedience for reasons which may seem legitimate. “God, that is impossible.” “Lord, You know how people already think I’m crazy.” “I’m not sure I heard you clearly so let me talk...

Sometimes when I stop to think about the enormous responsibility it is to raise children I can become overwhelmed that I just want to stop thinking about it. Especially when I think about raising a son. I say this, because from my life experiences and the things I have seen in the Christian Church it appears to me that many men in our country are missing what it means to be a man of God. I know...

Ok.  I missed it! Shoot!  I saw it coming, and then let it pass. I thought about writing a post about failure, but I've already written on how I'm a Brat, and on me being Not the Perfect Mom. So, I blog post entitled "I'm a Failure" just seems a little much. But, I was supposed to post on Thursday. Shoot. But but but…. I'm working on my Perfectionism, and so I'm letting that go, and accepting it for what it was. A mistake. ...

  He said to another man, “Follow me.”   But the man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”   Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”   This response is much different from that of Peter and Andrew who were casting their nets and “at once” left them to follow Jesus; and the response of James and John who were in a...

Tomorrow our family is moving to Roatan, Honduras to serve Jesus Christ as missionaries. Over the last few years as the Lord has been preparing me for the mission field, the enemy's fiery darts fly as he accuses me with, "Who are you to be a missionary!" "You are not worthy!" It is true, I am not worthy, but Jesus Christ is!  In Colossians 1:21-22 God tells us… And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind...

   Jesus commands us “to love our neighbors as ourselves” (Matthew 22:39) and if you see someone in need to help them. When we are obedient to these commands it can get messy.  Whenever we are interacting with people it can be messy because people are fallen creators living a fallen world. But Jesus knew this when He gave us the command.  He knew the mess it would be, in fact he was...

  In Matthew 4:19-20 Jesus says to Peter and Andrew, “‘Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’  At once they left their nets and followed him.”   Matthew 9:9 says, “As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.  ‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.”   Sometimes I wish Jesus would walk up to...

I remember when I first saw this painting… I believe the artist titled it, "Waiting".   Each time I would look at it I could not help but think of my daughter the Lord had put in my heart…  Each time I looked at it I could not help but think of the over 147,000,000 children who are orphaned in the world.  Each time I looked at it my heart ached… It seemed like forever before we were even able to begin...

Back in December I was asked to do a short video for a conference about advice I would give newly adopting parents.  With the focus on those adopting internationally or older kids. Turns out, I was interviewed for the video instead.  Which worked out just fine.  But a couple of days ago I found the notes I jotted down in preparation.  So, here I am, sharing my thoughts with you! Why should we take care of the orphan?

  Our little family is headed to Iowa for a few days so my husband can defend his dissertation. A big day…   I'm reminded as we drive back to a place we now love, and where there are so many dear friends, and where we adopted our dear daughter from, that Iowa was our LAST choice for graduate school! We could've gone anywhere as we had no children at the beginning of this doctoral degree and we were ready for adventure. I...