One Life Lost, One Life Wounded My 18th birthday was not what I thought it would be. I received an unexpected gift that month -- the gift of unlimited potential.  The gift of unconditional love. Some would even say, the gift of immortality.  I was pregnant. And I...

Dear Lord,   I marvel at how you have touched me. I consider the ugliness of my past and all the devastation it brought to my heart, yet you looked upon me with love and compassion. You did not desire to leave me or forsake me, but to draw me ever so gently to...

Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry. 2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. 3 He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many...

I’m honored to be a part of the Coalition of Pro Life Leaders in Iowa. Within the Coalition I’m surrounded by heroic men and women who are passionate about saving baby’s lives. The battle for the voiceless, innocent lives of the unborn and their mothers is never...

Although I never really like to tell my story, I’ve learned that it’s really God’s story and that’s what makes it amazing. At one point I asked the Lord, “Will you show me your beauty”. I understood He was good, all powerful and had a lot of other amazing attributes,...

I love the mountains and I am forever reminding my husband how much I love the mountains. One summer our girls and I headed to Colorado ahead of my husband, John, and our son. We had planned to do a couple short hikes to help us adjust to the altitude and then climb...

I recently was able to attend a Bible Study on the book of Revelation.  I must confess, I never spent time or money on books about Revelation because I didn’t want to just accept somebody else’s interpretation. I wanted to experience God in the book of Revelation and...

Many times I hear people comment, “I’m in a dry place”, or “I’m in a desert or wilderness season”.  This comment is usually made with a plea of help, like this is awful. Although it is absolutely amazing to walk through seasons of plenty and fullness, I would agree we...

For years there have been groups of people standing with signs exercising their freedom to be seen and sometimes heard. One of these groups is the pro-life movement. Many hours are spent showing their support of life and the preciousness of life in the womb.  ...

At a point in my life I wondered if I could be whole again. Because of my past, would I ever be the fullness of the person God knit together in my mother’s womb? There were seasons I felt overwhelmed and wondered if it was because I had deeply damaged my emotions....

I am entertained by lights at Christmas. I enjoy driving and looking at the various homes decorated with lights, soft candle light and twinkling lights on a Christmas tree. But, I will admit, sometimes too much is just too much. There are a variety of things I look...

Have you ever tried to picture the awful scars Naaman must have had? In II Kings chapter 5 it says that Naaman was a great man but, he had leprosy. Through a course of events he finds himself at Elisha’s home and is told to go and dip in the Jordan seven times and his...