God gave Sarah a BIG promise.    After many childless years and many heartbroken tears, God told her through Abraham, He would bless them with a son, and she would be the mother of many nations.   Hearing God’s promise must have made her so happy. But then the months passed by. Then the years. And then the decades.   And somewhere along the way, Sarah lost her hope.     One day three men came to visit the couple (many scholars believe these were angels or God himself). And while Sarah was in the tent, she overheard one of them say to Abraham that they would return in a year and she would have a child.    And she laughed.    But…

I was reading a blog post the other day where the author was talking about how she would give advice to a friend on the phone, hang up, and think “Wow, that was really good. I should follow my own advice!”   And I thought, “Yeah, me too!”  You see I share bits of inspiration and encouragement on my blog and through social media. And yet I still find myself struggling some days.   I talk about the importance of prayer, and then get distracted while praying. I talk about the importance of spending quiet time with God, and then find myself spending the whole time going over my to-do list for the day.…