“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me,… Continue reading Why This Thorn in the Flesh?
Lent has come again, and God has called me to quietly slip away from the loudness of social media for forty days and into deeper communion with Him (save for the sharing of some blog posts). It’s actually a relief to clear my mind from this distraction and press more closely into my Lord and… Continue reading This Lonely Road – Lenten Reflections
It has now been a month and a half since my father entered his eternal home. And every day that I reflect on the life he lived, I only become more inspired to follow in his footsteps. My father was of a rare breed. He would never have considered himself extraordinary – but the way… Continue reading His was a Life Not Wasted – Thoughts on My Father’s Life
Three years ago, when I turned thirty, I wrote up “The Thirty Manifesto: {Purposeful Dreaming for the Best Decade Yet}.” Rather than a checklist or a bucket list, it was a list of reminders for how I wanted my life to be lived – so that the thirties would not be a decade wasted –… Continue reading Are You Ready & Eager to Surrender to Him?
I thought it would look different – This suffering. I thought I’d be ready. I thought I’d embrace it piously. But no – It came unexpectedly, Cutting into my world With talons of fear and confusion. This suffering Didn’t bring a jail cell Or a physical attack Or a sudden hurricane. But… Continue reading When You Thought Suffering Would Look Different
It seems unreal. It seems like a scene from a movie. Like something we would watch and think, “Wow, that’s crazy! I’m glad that would never happen to me.” And yet – it has happened to me. It is happening to me right now. For the first time in my life, I went to the… Continue reading When the World Seems to Have Stopped
If you’ve been tracking with me this year, you know of my focus for a deeper, more undistracted year. I wrote about my goals for January, which were sort of a template for following months – then I followed up with them at the beginning of February in this post – and now it’s time… Continue reading Social Media-Free Mornings
One month of the year has passed us already. We’re already on the eighth day of the second month of 2020. And to be quite honest, January felt like an eternity and a blur all at the same time. The day after I posted about A Deeper, More Undistracted Year, my grandmother passed away. Four… Continue reading The Magic of Creating Margins
Zechariah 4:6, 10 – “Then He said to me, ‘This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.’ … For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of… Continue reading Don’t Despise the Day of Small Things
Last year, 2019, I wanted my focus to be on faithfulness. I wanted to especially grow in my faithfulness to the callings that I’ve been given in this season – specifically my writing, my walk with God, and my hospitality/relationships. Unfortunately, there were a few things that got in the way of that pursuit –… Continue reading 2020 – A Deeper, More Undistracted Year
The Vintage Girl 