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[…] not fear an ill report; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. (Psalm 112:7) “We’ve been here before.” I told myself this in response to bad news. With what can feel like bad news lurking around every corner, it’s easy to spiral into an abyss of despair and depression. There’s one problem with this […]
Nothing highlights my family’s failures and shortcomings like the Christmas season. The picture-perfect greeting cards of families in matching pajamas and those carefully crafted Instagram boxes that look like ads for Anthropologie (some of which are ads for Anthropologie) are fun to look at for about two seconds. Then the doors of comparison swing […]
[…] with where we find our source of security and safety. Where do we turn? Who do we believe has the answers to what is broken in our world? Building our house on the rock starts with an acknowledgement that without Jesus, we are without hope. But with Him, we can stand firm despite what […]
[…] artist managed to capture with a stroke of a brush. Gentleness, humility, trust, but most of all, her “yes,” despite not having all of the details. The world celebrates New Year's Day today, and in following secular tradition, we will make a resolution-give up gluten, get organized, work-out- and we will choose our “word […]
[…] reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench.” Isaiah 42:3 I sat down to write an inspirational reflection on resolutions for the new year. But within five minutes, my seven-year-old's head got slammed by a door (his sister needed PRIVACY), the one-year-old wanted to sit on my lap […]
[…] those who sit and wait. With love, Laura PS: What a year this could be if we, His precious daughters, chose Mary as our model. What a world this will be if we choose to lean into the quiet, and wait patiently for His response. To jump start our devotion to Mary, starting 2019 […]
"Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not. See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers." (Isaiah 43:18-19) I can respond to the higher number on my scale in a […]
I can respond to the higher number on my scale in a few different ways. One is to joyfully say, “There's just more of me to love!” Another is to puddle in a heap on the floor, cursing the woman at the coffee shop who introduced me to Eggnog Chai Lattes. I can look […]
[…] sure—I’d better get out of that forest of lies if I want to have the kind of Christmas that includes rejoicing despite weariness. And here’s the good news: Jesus has beaten a clear path through the forest of lies to bring me to the Father. He’s cleared that path for you, too. When I […]
Interviews, Keep up-to-date with everything happening at Walking with Purpose. Lisa Brenninkmeyer talks about the importance of rest and the joy that comes when we lean back in the Lord, on the Blessed Is She podcast LISTEN Crystalina Evert, host of the EWTN radio show Women Made New, interviews WWP Founder Lisa Brenninkmeyer about […]