I didn’t grow up with it, this Advent thing… this word whose root means to come, to arrive. If you look it up, you’ll get “the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.” I didn’t grow up with the traditions and rituals of this season where we count down and prepare for the arrival… Read More Prepare for the Preparing: Getting Ready for Advent
My friend prayed over me after I shared my heart with her, the things I’ve been struggling with this week. She prayed these words “Lord, Janise is living in a not-yet space…” Isn’t that the truth. I have hope for what God can do, but I am not there yet, in the impossible possible of our… Read More When You’re Tired of Being a Bad-ass Living in the Not-Yet Spaces: Words of Hope from the Longest Prayer in the Bible
So if you haven’t noticed, Facebook and Instagram have been flooded this week with pictures of kids, and quite a few adults, dressed up as their favorite characters for the festivities of Halloween. As a mom of a boy going on almost five years now, it doesn’t surprise me anymore by how many boys are… Read More When You Need to Know You are Not Fighting a Losing Battle: The Hope of Isaiah 54:17
