A Life Surrendered
The start of this blog in 2011, which I named A Life Surrendered, was a response to God asking me to open up about the things I was learning as a wife and mama following God—the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. He used Matthew 5:14-16 in the Message translation to call me out. The lines that urged me on and continue to urge me on are, “Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.”
It is my hope, as I share openly and honestly about the things I’ve struggled with, the things I’ve overcome, and the things I still have yet to overcome, that you would come to know the nature and heart of God. You don’t have to fear losing the loving of God when the process of transformation gets long and messy. There’s nothing you can do or not do that will cause God to ever stop pursuing you. He will not stop trying to get your attention, and you always have His.
Articles
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Making of an [AFRICAN] Home
I took a piece of Africa with me and put it on the sill of the window at my kitchen sink, so every time I saw it, I’d remember — it’s more than just a rock.
When You Think What You Do Doesn’t Count
Can you work in secret with the same fervor, passion, diligence, and commitment as if there was a multitude gazing, and a crowd pouring out accolades, when there is not a soul watching?
When We Box Ourselves In
We set boundaries in our life, ones only dictated by us. They box us in. They are not ones set by God. Rather, He calls us to be free of them.
Carriers of Hope in a Redemptive Mission
What I discovered is hope can be found, and where it can’t, it can be given. We give hope by going, by giving, by doing. We are not the source of hope, we are carriers of it.
A Week in Pictures #AfricaWH
World Help is committed to redemptive and restorative missions around the world, committed to partnering with others for sustainable transformation in people’s lives, and Christ is at the center of all they do.
Feed Hungry Babies #AfricaWH
This baby does not to know the pangs of hunger any longer, because she’s been rescued.
Rescue is for Life #AfricaWH
We are working to raise money for Phase 1 of the Rescue Homes Project which will also house ten babies, and we are halfway there.
God’s Love for His People #AfricaWH
Jesus walked the dusty roads and the muddy banks and went into homes and touched the people. We go like He went to touch the people, be moved with compassion because of His love for them. Because His love for us is not to keep for ourselves
We are Building Rescue Homes #AfricaWH
We are going to Africa to help rebuild walls of protection that have been torn down in the lives of children that, otherwise, would be left abandoned, vulnerable, hungry, thirsty, and unimaginably worse.