We all carry the scars of our past. The challenge is taking those scars and not hiding them. When we can be fully restored, healed, and made whole — our scars can be illuminated to give God glory.
Through this man's one-sentence prayer, we learn that a life begun in sorrow can end with abundance.
Making (and keeping) treasured friends as an adult can be challenging...especially when you've experienced pain in relationships. With honest reflection, I share a moment of bravery to make a grownup friend.
"Swimming Sideways" is a reminder to not fight the current or swim with it...but to swim parallel..to safety.
Life Lessons from a Feisty 4-year-old. In my latest blog I share how I've been consumed with worry and fear for my child; unable to see the absolute beauty in her recent diagnosis. I was unable to see her own beautiful acceptance of the way God made her.
Mark 5:21-34 is one of the most beautiful pictures that Scripture gives us when it comes to being surrounded, yet completely alone. And, even in a pressing crowd of people, our Lord knows us, sees us, and will never neglect us.
In the midst of the raging storms of life we can have perfect, shalom peace.
By Angela Johnson | March 31, 2020 The other day, my husband and I were discussing fasting and what that looks like. He had been reading in the book, “A Hunger for God,” by John Piper and came across this phrase: “Fasting awakens a hunger for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all people. Fasting proves the presence, and[...]
By: Angela Johnson The first thing my new friend said to me was, "Come on over, we will be down in the basement because my husband and boys will be upstairs and I didn't want to kick them out." When I arrived, my friend’s husband escorted me to the basement and I was met with a room full of laughing women. A simple table was set with beverag[...]