Two Small Copper Coins

Two Small Copper Coins

Recently, I was reading and came to a story in the twelfth chapter of Mark that captured my attention. Perhaps, the reason it caught my attention was because the woman involved in the story was a widow. I have known many widows, but I was not one myself—until now....
How Is Your Heart?

How Is Your Heart?

Years ago, when Mark and I were newly married, he joined a group of guys that ran together each morning. At one point, his friend, Bob, suggested that they do a short Bible study together after their run, so he took on that responsibility. It was a good time of...

WHY?

I have often heard people who are suffering or in the midst of incredibly difficult circumstances say, “When I get to heaven, the first thing I am going to ask God is why He made me suffer? Over these past six weeks since losing Mark, not once have I envisioned him...

Grit and Grace

Have you convinced yourself that you’re just going to have to get your life together before God can really use you to serve others? In I Corinthians 12:6, Paul tells us something quite different as he says that “God works in different ways, but it is the same God who...

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Recently, I was having dinner with a group of young married girls gathered around our dining room table. It had been a while since we had seen one another so there was a lot of catching up to do. Once the meal was completed, I asked the girls a question that went...