Above the Noise

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. (James 1:2-4, MSG)

The following is a note I wrote while visiting Yosemite National Park a few weeks ago.  I never knew what was to come or how this short little note would really minister to my heart. Read more

God Gives Peace

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. (Psalm 63:8)

Last week, I handed my dad his Bible for the first time since his accident.  He thumbed through it and pointed to two verses.  This one above was like a sweet balm to my soul.  My dad was ministering to my heart.  He was sharing God’s Truth with me and reminding me that everything will be okay.  It amazes me that in his state with all his unanswered questions, he was concerned about me.  He wanted to make sure I remember God’s Truth will see me through this time.

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Dear Dad

I wrote the following letter to my dad on April 22nd, five days after the accident.

Dear Dad,

I thought for sure the hardest thing I ever went through was the trauma after Zion’s birth. But I was wrong. God was only using that to prepare me for this moment. This has truly become my new hardest moment to walk through.

In some ways I feel like the hardest part of this is yet to come. At least with the surgeries and tubes we had something to be thankful for every day. Now it’s just a waiting game. And none of us are good at that. I can honestly say I’m hating the waiting right now but I keep telling myself that God has a plan.

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Prayers for my Dad

God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left. (Lamentations 3:22-24, MSG)

On April 17th, my dad was in a terrible motorcycle accident.  These last two and a half weeks have been filled with all kinds of emotions.  I can tell you that it has been the roughest time I think I’ve ever faced in my life.  And I’ve faced a lot.  It has tested my faith.  It has shown me how much I need God’s strength.  I have never felt such anxiety before and the need to constantly reorganize my thoughts to find the peace of God.  I can’t say that I have ever remembered a time where I have felt more weak, emotionally spent, and just barely surviving.  This has really shaken me to the core! Read more

God’s Love of Man

God loves you.

You’re rebellious,

you cheat,

you commit immorality,

you’re selfish,

you sin,

but God loves you with an intensity

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