You’ve Got Every Right To A Beautiful Life

I’ve just come home from a missions trip to Panama City.  We hosted a conference for girls and saw over 1500 girls attend.  And the last few days, I’ve been asking God what I should specifically be praying over these precious girls.  And the Holy Spirit...

A Hero, A Villain, and God

During the course of World War II, many people became heroes in one way or another. One man who left a legacy was Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. One time, his entire squadron was ordered to fly a particular...

Loving Your Frame

Several weeks ago the Lord and I were doing some business!  At 40 “something” years old, I was just crying out to Him because I felt so “stopped” by my insecurities over body image issues.  At 5’10” (this tall in 6th grade) with large feet and hands for a...

Keep Walking…

In my book, Embracing Your Freedom, I share a story of an Englishman who was a prisoner in a concentration camp in WWII. One day this young man read Psalm 91 and paused especially on verse seven: “though a thousand fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right...

You Know It’s Been a Rough Day When…

The longer I am a wife and mother, the more I realize just what a thankless job this is.  The demands of a husband and small children have a way of wearing me down.  It’s not that I never hear thank you or receive a compliment, but the bulk of what I do goes...