They are leaving their own problems behind. Breakdowns, financial woes, planting, harvesting and milking. Leaving it behind for 10 days. These farmers are stepping away from the land they love, to go. Many of them needing much help. Have much to do. Pressing deadlines. But in the middle of a cold and snowy winter, they are boarding planes. From Iowa, from Vermont; they are going. They have felt the call; the nudge to do more. To be a people that says, "yes". They will build in the sod of this earth, with ... View Post
Getting Ready To Go
In 2 days my farmer and his daughter are leaving. They are flying with love and prayers to a third world country. A life long dream for both of them. Because of your generosity, financially and prayerfully, these two are going to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We pack suitcases full of baby cereal and formula. I pray. We want this bag to hold these tangible items but more importantly We want the love of Jesus to be known. We have known help. We have know grace. In the face of dire financial times and ... View Post
Those Ancient Words
. The Ancient Words Helping. Spreading hope. Our compass. Guiding and encouraging. Truth. And a reminder in a song. Those words are holy. Handed down through generations. Faithful ones, sharing their journey. Changing us. Molding us into the children we were created to be. The sustenance in my life. Evermore so these past 17 and a half months. When time stopped. The Ancient Word breathing life. Word by word. Though by thought. Reminder by reminder. The Captain at the ... View Post
Letting Go Of Fear and Being Hope For Someone This Year
It's here. Another year. Looming before us. Choices. Unknowns. 2014 came and went. And here we are. Wondering. What will this year hold? Hope. It is a gift. One to look for and embrace. To grab hold of and seek. It is hope that spurs us on. Hope that reconciles the rough way. Right close behind is fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of what is known. Fear can paralyze us. Blind us to truth. To a future. We are reminded to not fear. We are given a promise of ... View Post
If He Asks, Are You Willing To Do The Hard Thing?
Most mornings I still wake with a longing for things to be different. The piercing ache still very present. Images of my red head running through my mind. Reconciling the reality. His life here, on this earth, finished. My life continuing. Striving to push against the tide that will threaten to pull me under. 2014 is coming to a close. A year that never held my son. A year we battled cancer. A year we walked on the wings of grace and mercy of friends and community. A year where the God of ... View Post
What I Missed This Christmas
I'm pretty sure I took no pictures. I don't have a camera and my cell phone has too many photos. I felt off the whole day. Most of the day I really wanted to be alone. Me; the extrovert. Alone. I watched endless episodes of "Gilmore Girls"; not stopping until I looked at my watch, horrified that it was past the time to go to bed. The house; a wreck. I hardly picked up a thing. I go to bed with an empty feeling. It's not until the morning, when I walk out into the living room and survey the ... View Post
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