“Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:34). Tears rolled down my face when I found out the house I had my eye on went under contract with someone else. It…
Today’s guest blog is provided by Julie Hildebrand. Julie is a wife to one man and mother to three elementary school age children. She grew up in a small town in Texas and now lives in one of the largest cities in the country. Her small-town upbringing provides a calming backdrop to my sometimes hectic life…
No service. I knew I’d be out of cell phone range once I arrived at the HEB Foundation Camp, but I didn’t know it would happen the minute my car pulled into Leakey, Texas. There is something about disconnecting from the world that is healing. You can’t text a friend. You can’t post on Facebook….
The lives of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more” (Psalm 103:15-16). In a few weeks I will be attending my 40th high school reunion and I’m wondering Where did the years go? It…
The year was 2006 and as I walked from class to class at seminary, I could barely put one foot in front of the other. I had lived in North Texas for a year and was struggling. Worried about my marriage, saddened that I didn’t have many friends and dealing with a loss of identity,…