{This post originally posted on August 19, 2014, and was updated September 9, 2020} Today I received the new book, The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst and I’m looking forward to reading it! And I need to. I’ve made my share of wrong ‘yes’ decisions. But today I’m making the decision to focus on learning how to make better yes decisions, with Lysa's new book. I was thinking about some of my best yeses and many of them were originally a no. Marrying John and accepting Jesus as my Savior, both in Continue Reading
ADORED by the God who sees me
"In Genesis, God saw Hagar, a slave, in the middle of her desperation. God, “El Roi,” she declared to Him, “You are the God who sees me” Genesis 16:13. God sees everyone, no matter their circumstances, no matter how undervalued and disrespected they are. Just as He spoke encouragement and instruction to Hagar in her darkest times, so He will faithfully encourage and instruct you.” (from the Time Apart conference program guide). The Time Apart conference was held in Columbus, Ohio, September Continue Reading
Hello, Georgia!
John and I had the blessing of visiting my best friend and her family a few weeks ago in Savannah, Georgia. It was our first time to this beautiful state. We saw some of the after effects of hurricane Matthew from just days before including trees down, flooding, empty shelves in the grocery stores and businesses closed. As you can see, we had beautiful weather with blue skies and sunshine for our visit. Hard to believe just a few days before was pouring rain and gusty Continue Reading