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Wilderness Seasons
The wilderness. It’s never enjoyable. But as someone who has just wandered around in one, I understand its importance. If you find yourself in a wilderness today, I want to offer you some encouragement and perspective. Most of us are familiar with the story of Moses. In short, God raised up an unqualified man to lead his people out of a life of slavery. However, due to disbelief and complaining, it took them forty years for a trip that should have taken less than two weeks. Early in the story when God is commissioning Moses through the burning bush, Moses asks God by what name should he refer to him…
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Repurpose and Rebuild
My prayer journal from this past April is littered with petitions to God to make a way for me to stay home again. I didn’t feel as though my remaining school sand had slipped through the waist of the hourglass, but I could feel a pull in my heart, a whisper that was telling me it might be time again. I just needed his confirmation, his timetable, and his provision to make it possible. Writing a tuition check for two kids felt like a shoddy bridge suspended over a mile high cavern we would be forced to cross. I’ve always known that teaching is not my final destination. That I…