The House You're Building

So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. Joshua 6:20 This past summer, the world was caught up in soccer as they saw the legends of the 2026 World Cup.  Since my blog is read all over the world, some of you may have been following your countries team.  I live in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and many of the games were being hosted in Seattle, a city a few hours drive from where I live.  My town also hosted a “fan center,” a place where people could gather to watch and cheer.  Though I didn’t attend any of the games in person, my husband has been planning logistics for the event for a few years before the games occurred.   No matter your connection to soccer, if you attended in person, watched on TV, or attended a fan zone...

[1] Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, [2] looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. [3] Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. [4] In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.  Hebrews 12:1-4 ESV Living a healthy lifestyle  is a topic that has lots of interest in our world today.  Each time the calendar changes, most people set a goal to be more healthy. Especially as we age, the pursuit of youth becomes a focus and being healthy is sold as one way to prolong life.  Being a Christian, I know the days of my life are planned out by...

I had a blog post all ready for this month as we trek through Hebrews, but woke up this morning with another message on my heart.  Dear reader, I don’t know when you will read my blog post, most likely not today, as I’m actually typing this on Christmas morning.  As I post this, many people will be getting kids out of pajamas and heading off to something or another with friends and family and more food before we all start ourselves in January.  It’s a different Christmas for me, as my 21 year old is still asleep in bed and my daughter is hours away.  It’s the first year we can’t all be together, which may be making me a little maudlin but I’m a mom so I get to get to be a little sappy.  I’m here with tea, the dim glow of the tree and time to reflect.  This year my husband and I are not exchanging gifts.  I guess that we’ve reached that point in our life’s where we have everything we need and what we value has changed a bit.  Don’t worry-we’ve stil...