Sanctified by Love

by Chelsy Helmick Tis the season for gratitude. Or so I was reminded on Sunday evening when I called Amanda and said, “I’m not really...

“The Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart” (Genesis 6:6). Wow! That’s a heavy sentence....

How many of us hear the word sin and roll our eyes? We think Oh, we’re not *that* bad. Or, even better, we take our life and pin it up to...

Hey friends! Happy Sunday! It's been a while. It's been kind of crazy the last few months. We sold our house, moved into a temporary...

A couple of weeks ago, I bought a rose bush. I watched a few YouTube videos on planting rose bushes, read the tag hanging from the plant,...

I found Christ through prayer twelve years ago. My life was in a tailspin; I would soon be graduating college, and I had not the...

Did you know that people who were crucified likely died of suffocation? Dehydration, shock from the maiming that took place before being...

A few months ago, my parents and I took the kids to The Columbus Zoo. It was early, and my mom and I were waiting in line at Duck Donuts....

I wanted to be a mom for so long. My journey into motherhood was one of complete surrender. We lost, and we lost again. We pursued other...

So easy! So yummy! A house favorite! Recipe: 6 Slices White Bread (We use Texas Toast Thick Sliced) 1/2 Stick Butter 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar...

Grief is a normal thing for us to feel. Contrary to what some people believe, it’s not a five-step, set in stone process. Rather it’s a...

Who are you grieving? Or maybe a better question: what are you grieving? Most of us are grieving someone or something. If we’re not...

Take a few moments and think or jot down ways that you've failed this week. One example that I came up with as I was reflecting on the...

Written for Sharing Magazine: https://nationalshare.org/woven-together-by-dreams-that-never-could-be/ I’ve mulled around a number of...

I've had several people ask for the recipe for these over the last week, so I thought I'd share here too! They were pretty simple to...

Start Here Read Jonah Chapter Four Summary Jonah was devastated that Nineveh turned from their evil ways and the Lord saved them. Because...

Start Here Read Jonah Chapter Three Summary Jonah was told to get up and go a second time. He was vomited onto the shore of Nineveh. Some...

Start Here Read Jonah Chapter Two Summary Jonah cried out from the belly of the fish, which he called Sheol. Sheol referred to the grave...

Start Here Read Jonah Chapter One Summary God told Jonah to go to Nineveh, but he didn’t want to because he was scared. The Assyrians,...

Take your convictions from God and His Spirit, not your friend who seems to be slaying it or social media influencers. Stop comparing....