In the days following Zach’s motorcycle accident last month, there was a lot of driving between Orlando (where my parents and kids were) and Melbourne (where Zach was hospitalized). The stretch of road we took was so pretty and peaceful. Lots of wide fields and grazing cows, white picket fences and stunning sunsets. Beauty is …
Tag Archives: God
Why Jesus Wept
I just read the neatest thing, an insight I’d never considered before, concerning the shortest verse in the bible: “Jesus wept”. Could it be that He wept because he knew so well what he was asking Lazarus to give up? Lazarus had enjoyed four days in heaven before Jesus raised him from the dead…four days …
What I Don’t Know
His message to me last night was a simple one: “I wish God had remembered these children at this hour of need, really.” Our friend in Uganda, the pastor of the orphanage our daughter is from, had messaged me, asking for prayer for the orphans in his care. For several long minutes, I didn’t know …
Thirty Hour Famine
You’re going to have to forgive me because this might be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever said. (Which is saying a lot, because I’m kinda known for my ability to blurt out some really dumb stuff.) But, here goes… My two middle kids are participating with their youth group in World Vision’s 30-Hour …
The Art of Letting Go
It’s all just an ongoing process of letting go, isn’t it, this business of raising kids? And I don’t know how to do it. I didn’t know how to do it when the nurse gently lifted that tiny burrito-blanketed bundle out of my arms and took him to the hospital nursery, even though it was …