As a teenager I was always so confused why I could not audibly hear God’s voice. I thought if I was truly saved that I would be able to hear God clearly speaking to me. For years I struggled with doubt because I did not want to share with anyone that “God did not speak to me”. When I finally talked to my mentor about how I was struggling she asked me, “When was the last time you read your Bible?.” I was embarrassed to answer that it had been months since I opened my Bible and spent...

I became a first-time mom this past May after welcoming my son, Riley, into the world. Besides my salvation, Riley is the greatest gift I have ever received. I look at my son in pure awe when I remember that the Lord gave him to me. I am so undeserving of the Lord’s goodness in my life. Right around the time I gave birth, my husband, Aaron, accepted his first pilot job, another very generous gift from the Lord. This job required my husband to be gone a week at a time. It wasn’t ideal, but it...

Mary’s story is truly one of my favorites in the Bible. We can all learn something from her faithfulness and willingness to serve God no matter what. She trusted His plan even when it seemed impossible to walk through. In Luke 1, we see this beautiful song from Mary. After Gabriel has visited her, and she has seen her relative, Elizabeth, she sings; Luke 1:46–47 “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” When Mary speaks these words in Luke 1, she gives voice to...