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Psalm 15: Homesick for Heaven
This past week has left me weary with sorrow. The air is heavy with hate, violence, and loss that I don’t even have the energy to think of other things to write about. I want to go home. “Who may enter Your presence on Your holy hill?” ~Psalm 15:1 Psalm 15 paints a picture of…
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Psalm 14: Chasing Rebels, Finding Grace
Meet Pollyanna, our fun-loving, energetic little pup. She looks so innocent, doesn’t she? She has those beautiful brown eyes and that fluffy teddy bear face. But behind this angelic appearance beats the heart of a tiny rebel. We are deep in the trenches of training, and Polly has mastered the art of selective hearing. When…
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Trusting God in the In-Between
We lived with my in-laws for a year and a half while waiting for the time to start building a house for us. It was a season wrapped in a warm welcome and rich in provision. They took us in, and it’s a kindness I don’t take for granted. But I was restless while waiting.…
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The Beauty of Being Seen (Psalm 11)
I stood at the kitchen sink, hands working in suds when I glance out the window. There, just beyond the glass, was a mother deer grazing grass while her fawn nursed. They are no strangers here. I often see a small group in the early mornings, when the sun is just barely peeking over the…
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Are You Listening?: A Kitten’s Cries for Rescue (Psalm 10)
It’s the classic story of a kitten stuck in a tree. Our 10 week old kittens are big enough to roam a bit outside to explore the land until they want relief from the July heat. They meow at the door until I let them inside where they can sprawl their warm bodies across the…
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Psalm 9: Maybe Life is Good
Sometimes the gravity of a big life change hits us at unexpected times. The reality of the detour catches up with us, and we’re left wondering if we’ll ever catch up with the life we wish to create for ourselves. It’s been over 500 days since we moved. I thought by now I’d be filling…
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Psalm 6: Hallelujah For Every Broken Heart
It was Friday at dusk when I went out to feed our 30-year-old horse, Amos. He was waiting a short distance away from his trough as I walked to the barn to get his food. He knows the routine. All the other animals were getting settled in before the sun had completely set. The fields…
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Psalm 4: My Worth Is Not In What I Own
There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”; You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. Psalm 4:6-7 Adjusting to a single income lifestyle is ongoing. It’s not just a financial adjustment,…
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Psalm 1: Bind My Wandering Heart to Thee
I could feel the RV shifting as the strong winds whipped around it. I look out the window on one side and see one of my empty Bonnie Plant cups rolling around in the garden. I look out the other side where my foldable rocking chair was knocked over to its side. Whatever didn’t have…
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Springtime: Fighting the Weeds
Raised beds and I are match made in heaven. I’ve been building them because I absolutely hate weeding. To go through the slow process of picking out weeds throughout the garden only for more to come through a couple of days is too frustrating for me to keep up with. God cursed us with a…
Eyes Upon Jesus 