Category Encouragement

Yesterday ended at midnight

Write it down. Tape it to your bathroom mirror (or write it in lipstick as Jessica has been known to do). “Yesterday ended at midnight.” Sometimes we need to be reminded that yesterday is over and the Lord’s mercies are…

Dad, you weren’t looking

“Watch me, dad!” “Okay, I’m watching.” “Dad…you didn’t watch!” “Yes, I did. I saw you do your flip underwater.” “No, you didn’t. When I came up, you weren’t even looking!” I think all parents can relate to this little exchange—we…

God and roller coasters

Disneyland had a big day a couple of weeks ago. Madelyn (my breath-taking, little, eight-year-old daughter) graduated from the Toontown roller coaster to the Big Thunder Mountain. Our family wasn’t sure this day would ever come (she was so nervous…