By Amy Verlennich Devotion for the Disorganized “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.”  Proverbs 3:5 Have you ever played the game where someone stands behind you, and then you “free fall” back into the

By Ann Voskamp “And God was pleased, because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to him.” Ephesians 5:2 Snuggled in on the couch, children all tucked around me, I set into our read-aloud. Soon we were lost in the Kansas prairie. But as we headed out across a plain, I looked up to see our

By Maribeth Spangenberg “And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an help meet for him…Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Gen. 2:18, 24 It was two in

By Maribeth Spangenberg “O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.” Jeremiah 14:7 As I grasped the next log, a large splinter pierced my left forefinger. I attempted to pull it out with my teeth but the end