by carrie | Apr 23, 2019 | God's in Charge
My kids are now twenty-one, twenty, and (two-weeks from) seventeen. All three are strong-willed in different ways, and we all experienced some tough years as we worked to mold them into God-fearing, high-functioning adults. As we’ve been in and around churches their...
by carrie | Jan 29, 2019 | God's in Charge, Growing Christlike, Pain and Trauma, Shadow of Death
Let me be honest. I don’t like pain. At all. And I tend to avoid its possibility if I can. You? I don’t climb on roofs if I can help it. Why? Well, not because I’m afraid of heights, although they can make me a bit nervous. Actually, I’m afraid of...
by carrie | Jan 22, 2019 | God's in Charge
If you’ve read me for very long then you know that every once in a while I tackle a pithy of common saying from our daily lives. Last year, I wrote about follow your passion, bloom where you are planted, respect is earned, love is action, and home is where the...
by carrie | Jan 1, 2019 | God's in Charge, Guests
This is a repost from last January, but the more I declutter my life, the more I believe its critical message. I want to do everything God calls me to do, which means that sometimes I must make some hard choices on what not to do. It means taking a sober look at my...
by carrie | Dec 11, 2018 | God's in Charge, Shadow of Death
Home is where the heart is. At least, that’s the way the saying goes. Maybe it’s the Christmas season that making me nostalgic, but this is a popular slogan I want to be biblical. But is it? As a woman in modern America, I claim a lot of labels. I’m a...
by carrie | Nov 6, 2018 | Devotional, God's in Charge, Military Wives, Warrior's Bride
November is National Military Family Month. [Have you ever wondered why on some months the label comes first while on others it comes last? Why is it National Military Family Month, but Month of the Military Child? I don’t know either, and this is a most...
