After failed fertility treatments and losing two children to miscarriage, my aunt suggested I call someone I had never met. Within minutes of our phone call, I felt engulfed in love by a complete and total stranger, Dana Carrozza. Within moments I found myself confiding in her with experiences I had only shared in prayer… Read More Is Your Presence a Present?
Our family often vacationed in Mexico during my teen years. Scuba diving near the Meso-American Reef and Isla Mujeres provided a beautiful glimpse of aquatic life thanks to the crystal clear water, brilliant coral, and a variety of sea life. While all the dives were exhilarating, one dive will forever be etched in… Read More Treasure
A few summers ago, Jesse and I were invited to go zip lining with friends and family. This particular course is known for its suspended rope obstacle course, Tarzan swing, and five separate zip lines. The total length of the course is 2395 feet, with the longest zip at 305 feet. Thankfully, I didn’t have… Read More Lifeline
But let all who take refuge in You be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread Your protection over them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You. Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; You surround them with Your favor as with a shield. ~ Psalm 5:11-12 Do you have strong memories… Read More Joyful Singing
In Revelation 2:2-3, Christ commended the church in Ephesus for their hard work, perseverance in enduring hardships, and testing false prophets. Sounds great, right? However, after complimenting the church in Ephesus in the ways they were excelling, Christ spoke again: “Yet I hold this against you: you have forsaken the love you had at… Read More First Love
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were taken from their homeland as the Lord delivered the king of Judah into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 1:1, 1:3-4). These young men were specifically chosen to prepare to enter the king’s service by learning the language and literature of the Babylonians (Daniel 1:4-5). I can imagine their… Read More “Even If”
Early one morning in 2012, labor pains brought me out of a fitful sleep, and my youngest daughter was born just a few hours later. Those first moments will be forever etched in my memory. My heart brimming over with love, pride, and fierce protection, there would be no sacrifice or obstacle too great… Read More Guard Your Heart
A 9 year old girl moved suddenly from a brick home in an established northern Indiana neighborhood to a trailer in the deep south of the north Georgia mountains with her mother, father, and brothers. While she thought the beauty of the rolling hills and twinkling starry skies of the rural countryside held beauty she’d… Read More When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Guest author Jesse Flowers continues his “Godly Women of the Bible” series: In the book of Judges we read of Israel’s greatest woman leader. The inspired account is given in two ways – chapter 4 contains a prose narrative, while chapter 5 contains the story in poetry. It is safe to say that Deborah is… Read More Godly Women of the Bible: Deborah
Guest author Jesse Flowers continues his “Godly Women of the Bible” series: It seems to me that a godly woman that is often forgotten because of the enormity of the shadow cast by her husband is Sarah. Abraham is mentioned in the Bible 280 times while Sarah is mentioned just shy of 50 times.… Read More Godly Women of the Bible: Sarah