devotions - faith for every season

“ We will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24 Joy is not naïve. Joy is not ignoring real life. Joy is not pretending your to-do list isn’t screaming your name. Joy is a choice. And honestly? It looks good on you. You have to choose joy every day. Some mornings we wake up ready to conquer the world. Other mornings we wake up negotiating with the alarm clock like it personally offended us. But somewhere between brushing your teeth and reheating your coffee for the seco

Buckle up, because let’s talk about the biggest scam we were lovingly sold at 17... go to college, get the degree, get the job, and you’re set for life. Hold up! Y'all I truly believed that when I flipped my tassel at graduation, confetti would fall from heaven, a CEO would magically sense I had a college degree, and someone would hand me a corner office with a window and a 401(k). Instead? God handed me… character development. Now let me be very honest about my career path,

If you're not a dog person, I'm not a you person... kidding, maybe? If you've been around me long enough you know that I've got two dogs —Hawk, my little beagle dachshund mix. Beyond stubborn. The nose and bark of a beagle. Long, determined body of a dachshund. Low to the ground, but convinced he's ten feet tall. And Polly—my American Foxhound/Treeing Walker Coonhound. Long legs for days. Sensitive, she NEVER barks. And those deep sad hound-dog eyes that tell you she could do