“The war is over, turn around. Lay your weapons on the ground. The smoke is fading before the light. The dead are coming back to life. He has made a way for us, born for glory out of dust, children held within the arms of peace. He has made a way for all, mercy waits where sinners fall. He is our victory. The war is over, His love has come to call us daughters and sons. No longer orphans without a home. No, we have found where we belong. It is finished, it is done. The blood of Jesus, it...

Tomorrow my younger daughter turns one, and this milestone feels like it has silently jumped up out of nowhere.  Somehow, someway, amidst all of the nose wiping and snack preparing and story reading and child raising, my infant turned into a baby turned into a whirlwind of a one-year-old.  I can’t help but think back to this day last year.  The last day we were a family of three.  Daddy, Mommy, and two-year-old Ruby.  I spent the evening cleaning the house and trying...

Delight yourself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:4-5) What an exciting, encouraging, hope-filled promise found in the Word of God!  It has always been one of my favorites.  Yet, I’ve got to to be honest with you all for a bit.  For the majority of my life, I have had a pretty narrow, even selfish, view of this verse. I used to take it simply as an...