Author name: lynwake

  “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:1-2 What does your life smell like at the moment? Can people around you ‘smell’ something unpleasant, or can […]

  We are pondering questions this week and considering not only our own questions, but also the questions the Lord is asking of us. One question that continues to plague me is one I don’t voice out loud but my thoughts and actions seem to be forever asking this question … “Is Jesus Christ really

  It was interesting to witness how different family and friends coped through the time when we knew Beth’s body was dying. For some, the goodbyes were more agonizing because death seemed so final. They believed that this world is the totality of existence and therefore viewed this time as utterly tragic. For these people,

  The word ‘covenant’ is not one we often give much thought to in our culture, yet the deep significance of the word still permeates through our everyday lives, whether we are aware of it or not. As we look around, all kinds of covenants seem to be under attack from many directions. So it

  As I think back to this time three years ago, I am so grateful that we had the opportunity to speak out words of love and hope to our girl in her last days with us. Some people continue to wonder how we survived through that time. How do you speak out those final

Dear friends, so often when we face trials and tragedy, our human nature tends to ‘surrender to the despair and rally against God.’ The biblical way of life we are invited to participate in offers a better way;  ‘surrender to God and rally against the enemy!’ This topic of ‘surrendering to God’ seems to be

David’s Email Message, December 2010: I can’t put into words the love I have for her and I feel the deepest pain at not being able to cuddle her. These have been long, hard months but it has been a privilege to help her journey through the most painful and difficult time I have known

“ Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to

  This week in Heartbreakingly Beautiful we take a deeper look at the source of true beauty and unveil the secret that Bethany discovered… true beauty comes from gazing on and reflecting the Beautiful One – Jesus Christ!  Beth discovered that Jesus was her ‘mirror’ – the One she was to gaze on and reflect

Throughout Beth’s illness, I often thought of our story in terms of the story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac to the Lord. Could I lay down my child to God in the way He was asking me to do – relinquishing all rights, and her very life, to the hands of my redeeming God?