You Renew Us

You Renew Us

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen…

Establish Our Steps

Establish Our Steps

The heart of man plans his way,     but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 16:9 Most of us have sat in IEP meetings to map out everything we hope our kids will experience and learn in the coming school year. We plan what they will do, how often they will do it, and what success will look like…

You Are for Us

You Are for Us

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. Genesis 50:20 A friend of my bent down to help her son tie his shoe at the grocery store and a woman walking by said, “Isn’t he old…

How We Rejoice in Suffering

How We Rejoice in Suffering

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 I saw a cartoon over the weekend that said something…