In July my family made their annual trek down south to see family, with one small detour to Gulf Shores. It’s roughly 18 hours down to Alabama (closer to 22 when you make it all the way to the Gulf) and we stop and visit family and friends as we go. Is it an ordeal?…
Tag: Thankfulness
Fixing our Eyes: Why it is Critical for us to Seek God First
I am blogging from my phone. Cool, right? I mean, who wants to look like a professional writer tapping on her MacBook keyboard when she can look like an anti-social social media addict? After months of preparation, I finally got around to installing a new hard drive on my computer today. Super speedy, I would…
Great Expectations: Remembering God’s Promise of Peace in a World of Trouble
“The verses that promise suffering are the ones that remind me that I have a God who knows what is going on with me. He knows what is up. And the best part is He doesn’t abandon us to it. He tells us to expect trouble in this life, but to expect peace in Him.”
Fuddruckers, Fantastic Beasts, and Fighting Ungratefulness
Funny story. Not really, but perhaps you will understand the situation a little better after this anecdote from my pretty ordinary existence. We were on the way home from a fun, yet long, trip to the South to visit my parents and some friends. We were on our second day of driving home and my…
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