Jesus calls us to come as we are but not to stay as we are. At the end of the summer of 2016, Paul and I both had our “come-to-Jesus” moment that if we were claiming to be Christians, then our lives should reflect that and at the time, it definitely didn’t. So together, we made the decision to make some major lifestyle changes that the Lord had put on our hearts so that the foundation of our marriage and the rest of our lives would be following Jesus and not following our own worldly desires.
For most of us, the recent months have been the longest prolonged period of discomfort we have ever experienced. We’ve been frustrated by disruptions at work, in school, at the grocery store, and most recently in the extent to which we can celebrate holidays with family. While I have struggled personally, the most challenging part […]