Sometimes God throws the perfect layup—a perfect opportunity. We see what we assume is His will from a mile away. We’re grateful and we’re ready to go. Then suddenly, it falls short. And we wonder, What is God doing? What went wrong? A friend of mine’s husband has been without a job for almost three…
Thirty years ago, when I was a new wife, a friend told me, “If I really want to, I can talk my husband into anything.” A part of me was a little jealous. The part that would like to make Bill drink coffee with me in the mornings or sip a little red wine on…
We’ve all heard why marriages are falling apart: communication problems. Your wife didn’t give you a timeline when she left to run errands. Your husband would rather watch T.V. than talk to you. Maybe you punished the kids differently and forgot to compare notes. We as a culture have not only accepted, but embraced the…
I remember the night I finally decided to trust Bill’s love for me. A new friend sponsored us to go on a Tres Dias weekend. (You may know it as Walk to Emmaeus.) If you don’t know what this is, I can’t tell you. But I can give you enough details to set up my…
Here’s the thing – sometimes, I have this conviction that God doesn’t care as much as we think He does. (Don’t freak! Hear me out, okay?) Sometimes, I have this sneaking suspicion that, maybe, as Christians, we put an unhealthy amount of emphasis on figuring out “God’s will” for our lives. Sometimes, this emphasis to…
