Last week, Laura Sue talked about receiving our king and touched on how we need to surrender, i.e. soften, our hearts to the Lord to be able to receive Him. As I was reading her post this morning, I was amazed that she had “happened” to use that word surrender, because that is the word that has been on repeat in my head and heart … Continue reading Laying It All Down

This past year we’ve been talking about how we can all love God with  “all your heart and all your soul and all your strength.” As we enter this Christmas season, Angela has asked me to write about how we can celebrate Jesus in our hearts. I don’t know much, but if there’s one thing I do know, it’s that my heart is not pure and needs preparation in … Continue reading Receiving Our King

I am back for another round, thankful to be able to contribute a third time to this life-giving ministry. My name is Evelyn, and if you’ve followed my posts in the past, my husband and I and our two children live in East Asia living for and serving our King. I continued to be awed by how Father speaks to me in every season, often … Continue reading Living Clear Headed

If you are anything like me, then it is hard for you to “go with the flow”. Ninety-five percent of my stress or worry on a daily basis comes from me having a perfectly thought out plan, and my day/ month/ year goes absolutely nothing like I had imagined in my mind. I often find myself in so much trouble when it comes to expectantly … Continue reading My Anchor

Worry is such a prevalent issue across our world today. With the amount of connectedness, we have obtained with people and communities from not only our cities, but across our nations, and on the other side of our planet, we know more about other people’s lives and the pain and tragedy the world faces than ever before. As someone who feels deeply and shows empathy … Continue reading Wrestling with Worry

Girls the last time we chatted, we discussed living wholeheartedly for Christ.  Now we are working on living whole minded.  The definition of whole minded is giving ones’s whole mind to something. As believers, we need to intentionally give our mind to Christ so that we can walk in the freedom of  a Spirit led mind.  There are many things that can cloud our mind … Continue reading Letting Go of Hurt

It was 6:40am on a Thursday morning in September when the alarm startled me awake.  Ugh, “I’m late!”  I quickly rushed to the other side of the house to wake the sleepy boys for school. Starting with the slowest mover in the top bunk I stroked the head and spoke softly, no response. I gently laid hold of the arm tucked just under the covers, … Continue reading In His Name-Cut it Down

Holy, holy, holyThough the darkness hide theeThough the eye of sinful manThy glory may not seeOnly Thou art holy,There is none beside Theeperfect in power, in love and purity. This is a hymn written by Bishop Reginald Heber that I grew up singing and it became one of my favorites. Although it is about the trinity, I love it because it rightfully reminds me how … Continue reading Thinking on these Things

“Taking Captive” (2 Corinthians 10:5)                                   Intentional: done on purpose; deliberate. Since we’ve known each other for a few words now, I feel like its an appropriate time to lay it all out there. While it’s hard to admit, I have struggled at times with complacency, even apathy, when it comes to my walk with Christ. It’s not usually a big, dramatic thing. It looks like … Continue reading Taking Captive

There were so many different ways that I thought about introducing this topic, but growing up as a very visual and imaginative learner, I wanted to be able to describe something tangible for you to imagine as we continue, so I chose plants. I LOVE plants. I love the look of them, the smell of them and everything about plants because our great God made … Continue reading Renewing Our Minds