Just the other day I read a quotation from George MacDonald in which he says,
“If you’re waiting the salvation of someone for whom you’ve been praying for a long time, don’t suppose that God is not at work.”
Archive | September, 2011
Praying for Your Future Husband
Perspective
When life feels overwhelming, I’ve been learning to stop and remember little moments. For the past few years, I’ve been making it my practice to take time when I least feel like it to look for beauty and good things and happiness in the place that I am right then. I get distracted sometimes. Life…
Notice the Married Moments
We love romance and the epic drama of falling in love.
And then we get married and our “happily ever after” begins. And suddenly it’s about grocery shopping, and getting up with the baby on Saturday morning, and how to fit in a date night, and fixing a broken faucet, and the alarm clock on Monday morning… in other words, what’s known as “real life.”
Interview the YLCF Team
A little over five years ago, YLCF posted a series of interviews. The YLCF team members answered questions that you, the readers, asked. I remember so enjoying reading these interviews as they helped me feel like I knew these girls a little better. I remember several “What! You, too?” moments as I realized more and…
Is it Good Enough?
I scold, I hold, I praise, I reprimand, I instruct, I look. I do this and I do that. And yet, is it ever enough? Are my kids feeling my love? Are they feeling my care? Are they learning to obey? Are they learning to trust Jesus? Are they learning right from wrong and how to make good choices? Am I doing enough for them, with them? Is it good enough?
A Real Life Love
I always wondered about the moment when I’d meet my future husband. Romantic dreams of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy on a sun-drenched morning hillside filled my mind – Austen à la mode.
But can I confess something?
I barely remember Josh at all from that day.
The Milk of the Word
If my son would refuse to nurse day after day, he wouldn’t grow. My milk is his fuel for growth. Just the same way, if we don’t read the Word, we won’t grow in the Lord. The Word is the fuel in our Christian walks.
Wounded Souls
And in a brief moment, with rolling eyes…
I judged him.
Such a simple action. A moment in the mind. We evaluate and we label and we measure. By whose standards?
I had him all figured out from a few interactions. This complex child of God.
Spoken Identity
Spoken identity is changing the perception of someone from an under role to one of great importance.
Is this not what the Lord does for us? Breathes life, character, identity, being, and importance into us – HIS creation?
As representatives of the Creator, can we do this for others? Do this outside of the costume room – from life’s backstage?
Praying for Your Future Husband
review and giveaway
It’s not a big secret that I’ve been praying for my future husband for years. That’s one reason why I was thrilled when I was given the opportunity to review a book called Praying for Your Future Husband… It’s a powerful book that may light a stick of spiritual dynamite under your heart as you read and ponder how you can pray – or pray better – for your future husband.
