If we had no winter, the spring wouldn’t be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity wouldn’t be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet The irony of the cross is that it’s a beautiful tragedy. Darkness covered the entire world at the exact moment that the most beautiful event in the history of…
“No boat.” We have a beautiful old oil painting hanging above our couch in the living room. We found it in an antique store and it’s the perfect piece for that wall. It’s a picture of large distant snowy mountains with a river flowing from the base of them. There are banks on either side…
Expectant. My word of focus for this year (2022) that God brought to my mind is expectant. This word excites me but also scares me. It feels risky to profess this word. I think it’s because this word implies trust. Being expectant of God means we are trusting (hopeful and confident) that God is going…