Tagged: John 3:16

for my pearl of grace of the double portion For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 My daughter is a potter and she is teaching me about God, though she does not realize it. She will graduate tomorrow from a school in Africa. As she leads us around campus, to her delight she discovers the pottery room is open. We quietly watch as she takes her place at the wheel. In this room she has spent hundreds of hours throwing, shaping, and spinning clay into vessels that fill our home with beauty and purpose. As she has shaped the clay, the Potter has shaped… Read More

Grab a cup of coffee and pull your chair up close. I want to talk to you, one mother to another. There are some things we need to get straight, and I think we can help each other. We are both pulling this load, carrying this bundle, pushing this cart, holding tight to this privilege called motherhood.  First, I want you to know that you can’t ruin everything.  You're powerful, that's true. You are mighty because you are a mother. But you and I don't have that much power. Power so great it can stop the always-pursuing, chasing-our-hearts, life-transforming love and grace of God. God is sovereign, girl! And underneath are the everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:26-28). He doesn’t just go before us (Isaiah 52:12), He goes behind… Read More