I use to make this mental list titled “things you should never have to do” or something like that. Throughout life when something unimaginable would arise, I would mentally shove it on that list. Like the time I had to help a grieving mother pack away her baby girl’s clothing and things, or when I…

“When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.” Psalm 56:3 Many people have a horror story about their dad teaching them to swim by tossing them in water over their head. Not my dad. The other day I woke from a dream and the memory of my dad teaching me to swim. We…

“See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 “Are you ready to blaze new trails?” Two years ago I would have answered that question with a simple, no. Pioneer – (noun) a person…

There is no earthly peace that compares to the beach for me. Immediately when I arrive, the sounds of the ocean, the birds, the wind melt all anxieties and thoughts away. Last summer I was sitting here, on shell point in an “unforgotten” part of the gulf coastline. Not many others around, no Starbucks or…

Today read with me: Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there also will be your heart. And 2 Corinthians 3:17 where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Maybe you’re like me, and when you read that first one you internally ask yourself- where is my heart? Is it buried in this…