“O, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the woman who takes refuge in Him!” Psalm 34:8 The coming of a new season brings with it renewed energy and vision for what pleasures and surprises are waiting to be discovered. In this season of summer, our thoughts turn to a more leisurely pace, more time with family…
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Never Relax His Hold
When my baby was nine-months-old, I attended a women’s retreat for a day. I bounced my son on my hip and smiled on the outside, yet inwardly I felt like I was drowning. Anxiety and postpartum depression were wreaking havoc in my life. My body ached like that of an eighty-five-year-old, but even worse than that was the deep loneliness…
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Make Love Your Aim
In March of this year, just before the world went into quarantine lockdown, I was connected with two ministries in Pakistan that minister to people living in bonded slave labor to brick kiln owners. These people live generation to generation without any hope of freedom because of debts they are trying to pay off. They work tirelessly, sometimes 6 hours…
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Finding Home
Hi Friends, Three years ago, God would ironically use a new home to help me surrender my story to Him. As I sit here writing it’s May and the jacaranda trees are in full bloom. My mind is on home again but there’s contentment. The purple wind-swept blossoms are making a thick path for my tricycle to ride over and…
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Consider the Lilies: A Simple Ministry of the Home & Soul
Hi Friend, I remember it all started several years ago when a friend brought me some flowers as a thank you for some deed which I have now long forgotten. They were such a lovely simple bouquet of all the same flowers and they lasted and lasted on my coffee table for well over a week. Every single time I…
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