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The Warning Dream and the Aftermath Part 7

I was sitting with my grandmother this morning having coffee.  She lives with me and is in hospice and I try to sit and read to her a couple of times a week.  Some days I read to her out of my journal, some days I will read to her out of a book that I am reading and some days I read t
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Shameless Persistence

As I am sitting in my prayer room preparing to write today it has been a really rough week for me.  Christian and I had a conversation this last weekend, the first conversation we have had since March.  It is hard to hear and see just how far she has gone, but I know that God is faith
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The Warning Dream and The Aftermath Part 6

I have been reading the latest book by Jentzen Franklin: Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt over the last several weeks and there was one part in there that helped me greatly.  He was writing about something that his daughter had done and the pain he was feeling about it and he sa
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The Warning Dream and The Aftermath Part 5

As I stood outside of the airport in Redding praying that she was okay and dialing her number one more time before I resorted to calling the emergency contact number I had saved for the family she had moved in with, I remember asking God to keep me in His peace. “Hey mom!”
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The Warning Dream and The Aftermath Part 4

I hope that in being transparent and sharing some of my vulnerable moments with just me and the Father in my quiet time that it will encourage someone that might be going through a difficult time.  He is looking for a relationship with us.  He wants us to pour out what we are thinking
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The Warning Dream and The Aftermath Part 3

As I sit down to write this morning, I have been thanking God for His timing in all things.  Though it is very difficult to wait and to watch as God works in the lives of those we love, we have to trust that He is using difficult situations to build something in them.  He is using it
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Peace in the Storm

I want to take a pause in sharing the current story to share a little of where the journey has me brought me to right now.  The enemy has tried his best in this long wilderness season to get me to give up and to deny what I know, but I find myself strengthened beyond what I have words
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The Warning Dream and The Aftermath Part 2

Over the last 15 months as I have prayed and asked God for answers, there have been moments when I have questioned everything that I have ever known to be true and there have been moments when I have known God’s strength more than I ever thought possible.  He continues to remind
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The Warning Dream and The Aftermath Part 1

Today, I have been in prayer and thinking a lot about the direction that my life has taken over the last few years.  It is certainly not the way I expected it to look, but is it ever?  Funny how life has a way of twisting and turning.  I keep climbing and trusting and seeking and knoc
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