I wish I could text God. Like “Hey. God, whatcha doin?” My little green bubble would light up and I’d wait excitedly as the … bubble appears telling me He’s texting back. I have a daughter in college. I have been so grateful for text and face time during this season. We talk every day, throughout the day. Nothing earth …
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an incident at the church we attend in our daughter’s college town: (https://simplyjoy.online/blog/doubt/too-much-like-peter/). “During worship, I felt this overwhelming desire to step into the aisle and kneel during worship. Had I been at our home church, I would have done it and not given it a second thought. …
Everyone knows what it is like to miss someone. I miss my daughter who we took back to college over the weekend. The house is too quiet. There are no shoes in the foyer or empty toilet paper rolls in the powder room – tell tale signs of her presence. My heart hurts and longs …
We all have those days or weeks when everything seems to go wrong, and you feel like you can’t catch a break. Last week it was my turn. It was going to be a very busy week even if everything went according to plan and there were no surprises. I had a lot of personal …
Think about your friends. Where did you meet? What do you have in common? Whether we realize it or not, our friends are situational. For me, some of my dearest friends are the result of coaching cheerleading for eight years. You spend four nights a week, plus all day Saturday together beginning in the heat …