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a little announcement…and thoughts on rhythms of grief

January 27, 2021January 27, 20212 Comments

This rhythm of hope and grief, hope and grief, hope and grief... it is growing a callous of trust in my heart. The skin is getting thicker. My spiritual muscles toughen as again I am invited to hope, again I am invited to lament, again I am invited to trust God more this month than I did last month.

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

October 23, 2017May 28, 2019Leave a comment

The songs we sing in worship to God must be explicit in their praise because they are praising a God who deserves to be acknowledged for the ways He has shown grace and love to us. This hymn is a beautiful reminder of the sustaining power and strength of the Lord.

when everything gives way

October 20, 2017May 28, 20191 Comment

Do you ever have those days when everything seems to be crumbling? When things are just falling apart left and right and you don’t have the strength to hold it together anymore? When it seems like everything is just too much and you want to give up?

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A few moments of joy from February:
I’m sharing some honest thoughts about our infertility journey on my blog today. Per my usual, it’s a little rambly and jumbled, but the predominant theme running through it all is the unwavering love and goodness of God and the glorious, eternal joy we will have with him in heaven.
It’s his birthday. And I love him. In his birthday card (to celebrate his 29th year) I wrote 29 things I love about him. I won’t share them all here, but sum it to say: he makes me laugh, I have so much fun adventuring with him (whether it’s climbing mountains or moving cross-country), he is the most loyal person I know, he’s intelligent and hardworking and caring, aaaand I just love him.
"The good and the bad mingle together, as they always do, and I begin to see, with surprise, that there is somehow space in my heart for both. I begin to see that, in his grace, God is using this – the intermingled hope and grief – to strengthen my trust in who he is.
What is home? Someone asked me this recently and I had to pause before answering. This is the 4th home Matthew and I have lived in since we got married. The 12th home I’ve lived in since college. The 22nd (I think?) address I’ve had in my life. Moving a lot has had its challenges, but it’s taught me a few things:
Reminiscing on being in the Colorado mountains last month, and dwelling on these words from Charles Spurgeon:
A few favorites from January:
I'm sitting at my kitchen table, surrounded by cardboard boxes and packing tape. On Saturday morning, Matthew and I will load up in our cars and our U-haul and start the 25+ hour cross-country drive from Colorado to Fairfax, Virginia (outside of D.C.).
I've been holding a lot of hopes this year. A lot of expectations of what I had hoped 2020 would hold (a church, a baby, a home). At the same time I've been seeking to learn how to hope in a way that is true and brave and not fearful. Trying to not allow disappointment to make me hesitant to hope.
As I reflect on my favorite moments of December, I realize almost all of them centered around family and home.
Sweet moments from the month of November:
In other news, Hilliary is here and we frolicked in the mountains and all is right in the world.
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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith – more previous than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire – may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

1 Peter 1:3-4

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