Preacher’s Wife Teaching Life

The day after Thanksgiving, Jarrod and I met up with his sister, mom, and step dad to have lunch. After lunch we took his sister and mom to see our land. His sister lives in Oregon and hadn't seen it in person yet. We stopped by Starbucks of course and made the 20 minute drive out there. Jarrod stopped to put the truck in 4 wheel drive so we could drive onto our untamed land and show his sister where we hope to build our home. As we rolled out of our land, Jarrod stopped to take the truck out of 4 wheel drive and we started the trek back home. We turn the corner of our one lane dirt road and see a vehicle of some kind hidden by 2 round bales of hay coming QUICKLY down the hill of the dirt road. The hay bales are so high that the driver clearly cannot see us. By the grace of God, Jarrod slams the truck into reverse and Lynde (his sister) is yelling, "honk the horn!!!!!" Jarrod drives in reverse going 30 mph on this curvy dirt road honking his horn and he still does not...

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1 NLT) For we live by believing and not by seeing. (2 Corinthians 5:7 NLT) For some people, faith comes easily. Faith is a precious gift that some people are blessed with. Other people learn to have faith. I wish I could say I was the first person, but I'm not. By the way I live you might think that'd be the case but instead, my case is one of obedience. I have to pray for faith constantly and be reminded of the promises God has given us. In a world where we are able to see and get immediate results and see the products of our labor after hard work, it can sometimes be hard to believe in something we cannot see. Not that I feel believing in God is hard but sometimes believing his promises will happen is hard. For example, I get easily discouraged about our ministry not looking the way I thought it would (ridiculous, I know) and I start believin...