I would have thrown my head back in nervous laughter if you had told me a year ago what I’d be doing today. It all started last spring when God led me to have a complete hysterectomy. I knew He was using it to heal me from almost thirty years of suffering. He kept whispering to my heart that this surgery was my path to freedom. He was calling me ...
I became a Christian sitting on the bottom stairs of our apartment building with the boy I fell in love with praying for me. I felt such a huge burden off my shoulders, a burden I didn’t even realize was there. I felt so free. I felt on fire and so loved. Just two weeks after I graduated high school, I was not only getting married to Jonathan, ...
My friend and mentor, Moira, let me borrow the book Hinds’ Feet on High Places last year. “This book is going to make you trust Jesus more,” she said. I was skeptical. I held her well-worn copy of the allegory in my hands, a watercolor illustration of a deer on the purple cover. How could a story about a fearful, crippled animal move me toward ...
Today we're celebrating with (in)courage co-founder and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Holley Gerth as she releases a new devotional, Hope Your Heart Needs: 52 Encouraging Reminders of How God Cares for You. It's a little book that's big on encouragement. Enjoy the excerpt below — it will make you laugh, maybe cry, and want to find some ...
Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground — everything that has life.” And that is what happened. Genesis 1:29-30 ...
Today, we’re celebrating with (in)courage mentor and book club co-founder Jessica Turner as she releases a brand new hardback, Stretched Too Thin: How Working Moms Can Lose the Guilt, Work Smarter, and Thrive. It’s an empowering and practical guide for all kinds of working moms, be it full-time or part-time, at home or somewhere else. Here’s an ...
Sometimes “let go and let God” is bad advice. Let’s all take a deep breath and not let that sentence scare us. I understand why “letting go” becomes our default phrase when we want to live surrendered to Jesus. “Letting go” definitely sounds more Jesus-approved than “hanging on.” But there will be times when you simply can’t let go. You’ve ...
We're celebrating today with (in)courage co-founder Holley Gerth as she releases a brand new (and beautiful) gift book with DaySpring -- Promises from God for Life's Hard Moments: Thoughts and Prayers When You Need Them Most. It's full of brief devotions and to-the-point prayers, both intended to help you connect with the Lord. Here's what Holley ...
I was one of two girls, as was my mother, so I assumed my first child would be a daughter. It’s what I knew. One day in the middle of my first pregnancy I actually exclaimed, “Wait! What if it’s a boy?” It took weeks for the idea to occur to me. My mother-in-law, who gave birth to three boys with a husband who was one of three boys, said, ...
In my mid-twenties, I had the opportunity to bike across the Golden Gate Bridge, and to this day I count that experience as one of my favorite adventures of all time. My ride went exactly according to plan — a few miles along the coastline, a steep uphill climb leading to the bridge, a cruise across the bridge overlooking the bay, and a smooth ...
