Sometimes I’m on the verge of praying for something and I question whether or not I should actually say it. Brooke, if you say that…He might just do it. I sat there thinking and thinking before I finally worked up the courage to ask God to shake my life. I’m so beyond tired of this American-dream life … Continue reading Shake My Life
Oh sweet heavens! It’s been a while… Those moments when you are running yourself ragged and God forces you to sit down and shut up! (I mean I believe in the fullness of God’s power, but, personally, I like to think He would speak a bit more gently than this…however, I couldn’t help but hearing … Continue reading Sit Down!
Saturday morning I woke up and decided to make pancakes. I walked downstairs, hit the living room, turned left, grabbed a screwdriver and started my shower demolition. I have yet to eat any pancakes…and my shower is in a lot worse shape! I walked upstairs to my sleeping husband and said…Baby! I took off the … Continue reading Nonexistent Pancakes and Demolition
I clearly remember my first trapper keeper. Navy Blue with Winnie the Pooh on the front cover. I guess the thing that year (6th grade) was to think random cartoons were cool (because I had Winnie the Pooh sheets too). I realize how uncool I was (am), embrace it, and will definitely forgive you if … Continue reading Type Smigilishinoo
If you’ve known me for any amount of time in the past 9 months, you know that I own a dog. His name is Wynston. Have you seen Marley and me? Wynston makes Marley look like Flash Slothmore from Zootopia. Here’s a little about Wynston… He ate my hammock, he ate my porch swing, he … Continue reading Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you!
So I got to sleep through the night and wake up when I wanted the past two nights! That was pretty cool. I have these friends I do bible study with a couple times a month. Between work and momming and wifing and lifing we end up pretty zonked each day. For the past two … Continue reading To Give Rest
During college I was an intern for a campus ministry that we called the BSU. I was pretty pumped about getting this opportunity, but what was even cooler was that I got to live there! Full kitchen. Couches. Pool table! Ping pong table. A sound system. Drums, piano, mics. Students coming to worship. Constant company. … Continue reading Pick a Door
Hey baby! Would you please come pull an earring out of my foot? Ugh! She just headbutted me in the face. Malachi, do not bite me! Everly, do not bite me! Hadassah, your shoes have stickers in them and every time you hike yourself up further onto my back you are digging them into my … Continue reading Go to Battle
Merriam-Webster defines encourage as: to inspire with courage. One of its synonyms, embolden, implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctance. According to Dr. Tim Elmore, the death rate of American POWs during the Korean War were alarmingly high. As were the depression and suicide rates. Interestingly, the war camp conditions weren’t especially cruel. In … Continue reading Courage Giver
Lately things have been breaking! (Of course, these are very first world problems so please note I am not sitting here like “OMG my cell phone. My fingernails. WAH.”) Let’s be real…most of these “problems” are dumb. Anyway…moving on. Broken Thing #1: I bought a mini van awhile back and it had this awesome clicker. It … Continue reading Broken Things
