Know-Love-Obey God

I found out that real joy—the “joy made full” that Jesus puts in me—doesn’t come when I get what I want. It comes when I do what God wants.
I’ve found that the deepest joy is borne by obedience.
Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. [...]

Two of our little ones slipped away, never knowing breath in their lungs or air on their pores. After tears, and fears still lingering, I prayed for another and did not have to wait long. Thank God!
But I did not maintain the thankfulness. Twelve weeks into the most physically and emotionally difficult [...]

Marriage strengthens in the refining, and we were in one of those crucible times. The way to a deeper love and stronger marriage was not to walk around the fire but through it, and we did so. We were “open and honest with one another in an attitude of love and humility” (quoted [...]