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Dave and I are here this week serving with Inspiration Travel, and this place never gets old. Towering mountains, quiet water, air that feels like a gift. Getting to serve others as they experience it for the first time? Pure joy. Here are a few pictures. Would you say a prayer for us as we serve this group? We'd love that. ❤️ What’s Been On My Heart Early one morning, Bible open, I found myself back in Psalm 119. Verse 160 leapt off the page: "The very essence of your words is truth; all your just regulations will stand forever." — Psalm 119:160 (NLT) The essence of God’s words is truth. Truth is his very nature. God cannot be anything other than what he is. Dear one, in a world where pain, disappointment, and betrayal are real, knowing God is truth brings hope and comfort. His words cannot change because he cannot change. So when he says he sees you, he sees you. Rest in that today. Truth = God. Something for You The June issue of As For Me & My House magazine released this week, and I'm honored to have an article inside. My article this month: "The Marriage We Almost Didn't Keep." 👉 [Click here to access the June issue — and consider subscribing while you're there.] Each month you'll find encouraging, faith-filled articles covering the six areas that matter most: house, marriage, health, finances, community, and parenting. Wherever you are in your healing journey, I believe something in these pages will meet you there. 🙏🏻 A Prayer for You Dear God, The long season of spring is behind Reader now, and summer has arrived. Thank you for the strength you gave Reader to get here. As Reader opens the Bible this season, reveal your truth, not in a way that overwhelms, but in a way that settles deep. Let Reader know in their bones that your words are trustworthy because you are truth itself. Where trust has been broken, grow it back, slowly and gently, rooted in you. Give Reader moments of rest, of laughter, of real delight this summer. Thank you for being a God who always speaks truth and will never stop loving Reader. Amen. |
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I empower faith-based women like you to recover well after discovering their husband's or significant others struggle with the dark places on the internet. Every Monday you'll receive encouragement and other carefully curated content to help you heal and find the freedom you desire.
My girls have raved about their air fryers for years, and I just nodded along. Two people who don't eat much fried food don't need another gadget, especially in a condo with barely enough cabinet space for what we already own. Then I set off the smoke alarm heating pot stickers in a pan on the stove. Again. 🤦🏻♀️ For the bazillionth time. 🫤 Yes, that's a word. This week, I finally bought the air fryer. Dinner came out perfect in ten minutes. No oven to heat up, no alarm blaring through the...
My grandchildren went back to school this week. Dave started his faculty meetings today. Students will return to college campuses within the next few weeks. Even after over 40 years, starting school in August still feels foreign to me. Growing up, we always started after Labor Day. August still feels like summer to me, and the temperatures where we live agree. If you live outside the United States, when does your school year start? I'd love to know. What’s Been On My Heart This week, my mind...
Home. It's a beautiful word, isn't it? What images come to mind when you hear it? For me, home meant Dave and I sinking into our own bed for a few days before we jetted off to see our kids and grandkids for one more visit before the fall season begins. Four lovely days. Their pool. Family not only visible but touchable. Something our hearts needed. What’s Been On My Heart Life is an adventure. Never stop learning and growing. Over the last month, God has shown me so much about myself, about...