God is using the hardships, the chaos, and the crying to produce the fruit of the Spirit in all of us as a family. This is the way that the gospel becomes not only words recited from memory, but life-changing power and strength transforming us to be more like Jesus.

Listen to Part 2 of how I found healing after losing my sons, Seth and Roi.

While everything in this world vanishes, the Lord's faithfulness is the hope we have in this life and the life to come. 

Listen to my story of being broken after losing my sons, Seth and Roi.

Friend, if I could sit across from you, I would hold your hand and tell you…maybe you lost the battle and didn’t get the healing, the miracle, the child, the relationship, the dream job…you fill in the blank…on this earth. But maybe you aren’t defeated after all…

My hand rests on my friend’s knee as I kneel in front of her. I’m choking back tears listening to the prayers of the ladies around me. I’m afraid to chime in and pray too, because I won’t be able to stop the floodgate that’s about to unleash from my empathetic heart…

What if there is a “magic shield” to protect us from the effects of sin that we face on earth? What if in our spiritual battles we can kneel, put up our shields, and be guarded from the sin struggle, depression, anxiety, shame…you name it?

The Bible has graciously given us a clear, specific “magic shield" to fight our spiritual battles…

We all understand grief and suffering. But have we all found the source of comfort and hope? It's in a Person, and His name is Emmanuel, God with us.

Brett and I understand grief and suffering from losing our two sons. Yet, we also experienced the presence of Emmanuel like never before in the midst of the pain.