Living Out Our Faith

God Will Not Fail Us

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Can you remember when Google maps wasn’t a thing and instead a printed map was necessary to find our way to a new destination? While I’m super grateful for the aid of Google, there was this one time when a traditional map would have served me well. I was on my way to pick up my daughter from a friend’s house for the first time, and the app on my phone stopped working. I was literally lost because I hadn’t dropped her off at the house, but rather at another location, so I couldn’t rely on my memory. I also…

Necessary Endings, New Beginnings

Necessary Endings, New Beginnings {Podcast #800}

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Pruning. It is a remarkable task that leads to growth, yet it is so hard to do. Wouldn’t you agree? Recently, the Lord reminded me of the pruning I went through 12 years ago when He led me to shut down my blog and ministry dreams right when they were taking off. I was sitting in the middle of my rose garden, tending to a dozen bushes. The Lord said, “Lis, you can have lots of bushes with hardly any blooms or a few bushes with lots of blooms.” I tearfully obeyed and I am so glad because the blooms…

The Freedom of a Confession

The Freedom of a Confession

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I stood on the kitchen chair to reach the top of the hutch only to find more than dust. The hidden section was littered with crumpled-up gum wrappers, and I knew exactly how they got there. No doubt my daughter thought she found a way to get past the gum-chewing police. She had braces and knew she wasn’t supposed to chew gum, but thought she could be a sneaky Pete. I wanted to march up to her bedroom and demand a confession, but instead, I opted for a more subtle approach of stashing all the wrappers in the middle of her…

For the Weak and the Strong

For the Weak and the Strong

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I will never make it as a gardener. I simply don’t have the motivation to endure the back-breaking, never-ending work of weeding nor the mindset to trust the process. From the very beginning, I can’t help but sow too many seeds into pods too small for roots to grow deep and strong. As those seedlings burst forth, I stand in awe like a proud momma but dread the inevitable next step . . . thinning out the weak ones. I can’t stand being the one who chooses which ones have to go. It’s not surprising, as I’ve been a softy for…

Evidence of God's Faithfulness in Our Hardships

Evidence of God’s Faithfulness in Our Hardships

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I cringed while listening to my professor describe the Remember When assignment, which involved interviewing a parent so that we could write a paper describing our developmental process. Certainly, this assignment wasn’t designed with a middle-aged graduate school student in mind! How could my parents remember back that many decades? Even if they could, I wasn’t keen on a trip down memory lane, especially after all the time spent processing and healing from the abuse that marred my childhood. Maybe you can relate? I was relieved as my heart softened while listening to my mom recount all the good, like the…

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