I Don’t Know . . . Did you know that those three words have never been spoken by God? Let’s think back on some biblical history for just a moment. Think back to Adam and Eve when they were in paradise and in constant fellowship with God. On the day that Satan enticed Eve to… Read More
Our whirlwind of a morning began at Mayo as the sun was rising. We arrived about 7:20 am to get a Covid test and bloodwork. Then we headed back to my cousin Charlene’s house for a bit of rest before returning to Mayo for my procedure. In between, I had a cup of hot tea.… Read More
I don’t think it’s any coincidence that yesterday marked the 4th year anniversary of the big debulking surgery. We’ve had 4 mostly beautiful years to share, live and grow. It’s a miracle that we’ve had these years at all, but God’s mercy and grace have surely followed us through the ups and downs. Yesterday was… Read More
When I was completing one of my student teaching rotations in college, I was introduced to the music of a folk singer named Raffi. He sang fun songs for younger children and one of my favorites was You Gotta Sing. The song speaks of doing what the Spirit tells you to do and was based… Read More
Today is a day for double duty. We have 2 procedures going on in 2 different places. Leighanne is getting her wisdom teeth (all 4) removed while I will be at Mayo getting my port removed. Both will involve a little bit of “feel good” meds, but I suspect Leighanne will have the worse side… Read More
Let me just say–I will not share the details. It is not my story to tell. But you need to know that we are dealing with major stuff and we honestly need your prayers. Our hearts are broken, crushed and perplexed. We have questions without answers. We are now on another journey that will be… Read More
Through this journey one of the things that I have learned is that we can convince ourselves that we hear what we want God to tell us – and it is really easy to do. We are expecting our TA (Travel Authorization) literally any day now and once we get TA things have to happen… Read More
The gospel is such a simple thing that we cannot really grasp it without the intervention of the Holy Spirit. The simplicity of the gospel is that we have to trust God and trust that He has a provided a way through Jesus Christ for us to spend an eternity with Him in heaven. We… Read More
God has really been teaching me a lot about prayer lately. How often do we think of prayer as taking our laundry list of things we want to God and rattling them off like we are sitting in Santa’s lap telling what we want for Christmas? Even when we get pious and pray for others,… Read More
