With the memories of Christmas Day still fresh in our minds, we carry with us into the coming days and new year much emotion, a touch of exhaustion, and a most valuable truth – God loves us! For all the prophecies given by God about the Messiah’s coming, Jesus fulfills each and every one ofContinueContinue reading “Embraced by Love: Power and Pursuit”
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Embraced by Love: Pardons and Praise
As I hold my new granddaughter, I find myself regularly speaking my love over her. Out loud I tell her, “You are so loved.” When she looks contentedly up at me, I kiss her forehead and say to her, “I love you.” When she hollers hungrily, I speak the words, “I love you.” When herContinueContinue reading “Embraced by Love: Pardons and Praise”
Embraced by Love: Pronouncements and Perceptions
Humble. Awake. Watchful. Vigilant. Faithful. Five words that describe the shepherds who were living in a field not far from where Jesus was born (Luke 2:8). To be honest, I never really gave the shepherds a whole lot of thought as I would read and reread the Christmas story. Mostly because they’ve always been thereContinueContinue reading “Embraced by Love: Pronouncements and Perceptions “
Embraced by Love: Promises and Peace
Nothing could have prepared my husband and me for the love we feel for our brand new granddaughter – even though plenty of our friends tried to make us ready for it. But the moment we saw her, our hearts beat differently. I remember feeling this way when our sons were born. I marveled atContinueContinue reading “Embraced by Love: Promises and Peace”
Embraced by Love: Prophecies and Preparations
My house is fully decorated and Christmas music hums throughout – let the Advent season commence! In all seriousness, there’s something comforting and hopeful about entering into rhythms of this season, rhythms that give me life, like adorning my home with the greens and reds, the sparkly and sentimental. I hold dear the songs ofContinueContinue reading “Embraced by Love: Prophecies and Preparations”
Advent Series Introduction
Hello! Those of you who follow my writing regularly know that I don’t usually do a Saturday post, but I wanted to do a bit of an introduction to the Advent series that launches tomorrow. This series is a little different from anything I’ve ever done before, so I wanted to do a set-up beforeContinueContinue reading “Advent Series Introduction”
Distraction to Peace
Waiting pushes all our productivity buttons; it ushers in all the mental lists of what we could be doing…if only we didn’t have to wait. The day we got word about our transfer to Atlanta, Larry and I both kicked into high gear. We started four different to-do lists in my notes app, found freeContinueContinue reading “Distraction to Peace”
Hiddenness: Despair to Hope
When we’re awakened in the dead of night by a noise, we jolt out of bed then grope our way in the darkness toward the light switch, banging our shins on the bed frame. We panic when we see a man crouching in the corner – only to realize it’s a chair draped with aContinueContinue reading “Hiddenness: Despair to Hope”
Hiddenness: Darkness to Light
Waiting comes in all sizes and packages. I recall the absolute torment of waiting to open the tantalizing gifts under the tree as a child. And the long anticipation of the coming Christmas holidays as the countdown ticked by ever so slowly each day. While I might be an adult who has a greater capacityContinueContinue reading “Hiddenness: Darkness to Light”
A Thrill of Hope: Law of Love
From the first moment we watched Elf (2003) as a family, we made it our movie of tradition, turning it on each year as we decorated our Christmas tree. We’d stop stringing lights long enough to watch – in eager anticipation – as the taxi crashed into Buddy (re: “The yellow ones don’t stop!”). AndContinueContinue reading “A Thrill of Hope: Law of Love”