Hello, friends. It’s been a long and painful week for the students and faculty where I teach. Midweek, a student of ours passed away suddenly and very tragically. This sits heavily on our minds and hearts – even those of us who didn’t know her very well or at all. There are things we just can’t understand this side of … [Read more…]
Hello again, sweet readers! I know I say this a lot but…THANK YOU!! I can’t begin to tell you what your words have meant for this heart. Whether they were postings on jessicamweber.com or given through a conversation, e-mail or text, your comments have boosted my spirits and encouraged me greatly. It is an awesome thing … [Read more…]
Do you know how many people around you believe in God? I remember finding the statistic somewhat surprising but I think in America it was around 70%. Just within the circle of people you know, the percentage is probably higher. Most of your friends, if not all, are probably believers even if they are not Christians. Do you … [Read more…]
Hello, dear readers. I’m pretty excited you’re sticking out this challenge with me! Thank you dearly. Your support has been so uplifting! I have one thought on my tired but blessed heart right now… God is sooooooo good!! I have been volunteering at a nearby crisis pregnancy center since June. A friend of mine from church taught me … [Read more…]
Noise. You can’t really escape it sometimes, am I right? Sometimes you don’t even want to. You’re in your car or finally on your sofa and you have a little time to breathe and be still. What do most of us do? We turn on the radio. We turn on the T.V. We fill up … [Read more…]
Do you sometimes feel like there’s not much to get excited about in this life? I don’t think you’re alone on that. I know I would agree. Days can seem monotonous and our souls can get sleepy. But, when you think about it, if every moment was exciting, we’d have no frame of reference. Exciting … [Read more…]
Happy Monday!! Ugh…who am I kidding? I can’t pull that off. Who CAN pull off a “Happy Monday” with double exclamation points? Mondays are too far away from Saturdays to be double exclamation point worthy. But I do hope you’re having a good one nonetheless. So, back to this blog thing. And just to prepare … [Read more…]
Hello, dear friends! Happy Sunday! Today, we are gathering in many different places to worship together as a family of believers. What an awesome privilege! I’m so grateful we live in a country where we are free to worship as we choose and I hope and pray that doesn’t change. I love Sundays. I also … [Read more…]
Hello, dear readers! It might be a little early in the game to do this but I just want to thank you. Your comments have meant so much to me. Just the fact you’re following my posts means so much to me! Thanks for encouragement that wonderfully overwhelms my heart. *** Today, the loved ones … [Read more…]
I sit down to write and nothing is coming into my head and heart other than the painful remembrance of yet another horrifically tragic school shooting. How could anything else come into my mind? Roseburg, Oregon is the latest city and state to reel over such innocence lost. And our hearts are breaking for them … [Read more…]