Learning to live after loss blog
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Forget Not His Benefits
I never woke up to hear the call. Every other night I had remembered to take my phone off silent, but not this night. She called. But I didn’t hear it. When I was needed most, I wasn’t available. How could I forget to take my phone off silent?
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Birthdays and Holidays Can Still Be Meaningful
Today is Nicholas’s birthday. I am choosing to celebrate his life that made a difference to all who knew him. He is with Jesus today and there is no better place for him to be. My head knows this to be true. Sometimes my heart has to catch up.
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Choosing the Wrong Path
I am directionally challenged. GPS helps, but I can still find a way to take the wrong path. When the boys and I ventured out to our favorite redneck waterpark, Eric gave me very good directions. AND plugged the address into the navigation system. What could go wrong?
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Two Paths
When I was a freshman in high school, my sister was in the hospital. Helping care for her felt like second nature as I stayed at her bedside to comfort her. It was then that I fell in love with nursing. This turned out to be the right path.
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God is Home
In Psalm 90, Moses teaches the next generation and generations to come that God’s abiding Glory is the covenant heritage to His children. He is our dwelling place. As we delight in Him and He in us, wherever God is dwelling is our HOME.
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A Place Called Home
No matter how long I’ve been gone, Home is the place I always want to come back to. It’s the place I am completely myself and know I am still loved. I experience a taste of Home now, but ultimately what I’m looking for can’t be found here.
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Entering the Sanctuary
I can hardly articulate what it means to enter the presence of a Holy God. Some have suggested that God is like their daddy and they feel like they can crawl up in His lap. That image seems irreverent to me. And yet, Christ came and changed everything!
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That’s Not Fair
I see wicked people all around me not being held accountable for the evil that emanates from their pores. They are successful beyond belief without a care in the world. Their followers chant how great they are. God, that’s not fair! Why don’t You do something?
