Anger. Grace. Peace.

I've been thinking about Eli a lot lately.  Maybe it's because I have friends hurting because their babes are with Jesus and not with their mammas.  There comes a point in grief where there's an acceptance.  Not really an acceptance that is embraceable, but…

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Ellison-y Reese Our Surprise. Our Blessing.

When I found out I was pregnant with  Ellison I cried.  I cried hard.  Then I went to finish the job of moving out of a house that we just put on the market.  We even saw our friend who cleaned it and she…

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For Hurting Hearts

There are days where my heart is so heavy that it's hard to stay focused on the present.  It's easy for me to fold up into doubt, self-pity and my pain.  It's kinda comfortable there, because I spent quite a bit of time with…

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Hope and Hoping

"In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of…

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On Purpose

I got an email from a friend a couple of weeks ago and she asked if I thought God had given Tullie Down Syndrome on purpose.  It wasn't a random question.  It was something that we had been talking about for awhile.   I didn't…

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No need to fear

I was at a super sweet party on Monday night.  There were a whole bunch of ladies that I rarely get to see and I got the time to catch up and chat with several of them.  It was a great evening! It has…

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Resting in the Joy of what my Lord IS

There is nothing—absolutely no circumstance, no trouble, no testing that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me.  If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose which…

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