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  To Truly Love, Intentionally An Encouragement for Ministry Wives as 2025 Comes to an End As 2025 comes to an end, my heart feels stirred to encourage you, dear ministry wife, to love. Not a rushed love. Not a forced love. But a true, intentional love. This does not mean we need to go outside hugging everyone with wild, free hugs. Love does not have to be loud or public to be real. Love is often quiet, steady, and deeply intentional. God has already placed people around you. The ones He has sent into your life, your home, your church, your season. Those are the people we are called to love well. To truly see them. To truly care. Scripture reminds us so clearly “He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: to do what is right, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 To love faithfulness. To love mercy. This kind of love does not reduce people to numbers, burdens, or job descriptions. It does not see someone as another task...

Still Speaking Truth, Still Walking Humbly Hi, fellow ministry wives 🤍 I’m leaving this here for posterity, with a cup of coffee in hand and my Bible open. Not long ago, my husband was called into the office to explain a Bible verse I shared on my personal Facebook page. I was simply making my way through the book of Proverbs. Rich, wise, practical, and sometimes a little too honest. Proverbs has a way of doing that. It doesn’t whisper. It teaches, it trains, and every now and then, it lovingly steps on our toes. So let me be clear, gently and calmly. I am not a passive aggressive person. If something needs to be said, I will say it to you, not about you. Not rudely. Not harshly. Not with an agenda tucked behind a verse. I do not write Scripture aiming it at someone like a dart. I do not post with a name in mind. That simply is not my heart. I write what the Lord places on my heart. If I am reading Scripture and feel convicted, I share it. God’s Word does not exist for decoration. It...

Still Faithful. Still Tired. Still Loved. Hi my ministry wives 🤍 It has been forever since I posted here. Not because I did not care and not because I ran out of words. Life just happened. I got busy. Busier than I wanted to be. Busier than I should have been. You know how it goes. I can do that. Oh yes, I can add that too. Wait, I should probably do that as well. And honestly, I enjoyed most of it. I am grateful for the opportunities, the people, the serving, the yeses. Truly. But somewhere along the way, I looked around and realized that some of my things, the quiet things, the life giving things, were left behind. Not intentionally. Just slowly. Then comes that uncomfortable moment when you realize you do not even remember what you like anymore. Not what is useful. Not what serves others. Not what fills a need. But what you enjoy. Maybe it is sitting quietly and reading a book. Not a book to learn from. Not a book to study. Just a fun book. As women and especially as ministry wives...