Faith Archives ~ Page 16 of 21 ~ The Grace Between

About Round Bushes, Psalm 82:3, and the Hunger Games.

Yesterday morning I was trimming the hedges. Now, I have never trimmed the hedges before and was intimidated at the prospect of wrestling into submission the bushes that were eating our house. Yes, it was that bad. So I was into it. It was a massacre of epic...

What I Know Now

Dear sixteen year old me, and twenty year old me, and twenty four year old me . . . and all the others in between, I’ve been wanting to write you . . . to break through the glossy shell of youth, of naiveté, of security. To tell you what I know now. I wanted to tell...

Sameness

  Sometimes …. like right now, for example …. I am overwhelmed by the sameness of my sin. The same battles. The same ungratefulness. The same ugly heart.   For instance.  I want to be pregnant.  I’m not. Reconfirmed today. I should be nine months...

William Lawrence Irvine

My precious grandfather died on Monday. So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home...

I’m Still Here …

I’m still here.  Just feeling a gloomy shade of grey these days.There is no overwhelming tragedy, no disaster looming. Just the particulars of an Army life. Moving …. again. Saying goodbye …. again. Hearing the J girl talking in a mournful voice...

Seven Years

Seven years. We’ve been married seven years today. If you’re counting, and clearly, I am,  we’ve occupied the same physical location for 3.5 of those years. 3 moves. 4 deployments. 4 pregnancies. 2 sweet babes here, 2 sweet babes in heaven. 3.5 years together. 3.5...

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