Joy to the world, the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King. Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, [...]
I've always loved the passage in Job, where God is speaking to him saying, “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line? What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as the morning stars sang together and [...]
It feels to me as though our whole world is pining for truth and justice and an end to strife. We're not there yet, and won't be until Jesus comes again. In the meantime, this Christmas season brings us hope and a glimpse of what's to come.
I heard the words when I was deep in grief to "lean into the grief", to let the sorrow envelope you like the waves of the ocean. Work with it, and you will move through it. You will be stronger for it.
Often things happen in our lives that we don’t understand.
One summer's evening, camping in remote Oregon seated by a glowing campfire, my husband and I watched the starry sky. The Milky Way was there to see, in plain sight. Silent. Big. It seemed we were the only audience. It is a marvel to me that when our universe was created by God, the morning [...]
Bask in the knowledge that He--Jesus--is with us. He knows your pain. He is with you.
Tonight, as we celebrate Jesus' birth--whether it took place on this exact date--or another date, I plan to reflect on the fact that He did come.
I wish you a blessed, thoughtful Christmas. You may not feel merry, but hopeful for the healing that will come. I promise it will come.
This Christmas season, I challenge you to read carefully some of the less-heard Christmas carols. I believe you may be encouraged by their words. Without this special season, we would not know the hope the Christ-child-Savior brings to us.
