Tonight as I wrapped Christmas presents for our family, I watched Serendipity, a movie in which two characters, John and Sarah, meet one Christmas, separate and then spend the majority of the movie looking for each other whilst being engaged to be married to other people. They chase fate and destiny in order to overcomeContinueContinue reading “After the Storm: A Better Love Story”
Author Archives: Sarah M. Wells
Advent Day 21: We Are Outraged!
It is the darkest day of the year. Folks in the northern hemisphere will see just nine hours and thirty-two minutes of daylight today, and if you are here in Ohio, that light is blocked by a thick layer of clouds and rain. Time is short to spread the light, to let the light shineContinueContinue reading “Advent Day 21: We Are Outraged!”
Advent Day 20
Elvis and Lydia’s last day of school for 2013 is today. My plan this morning was to get the Christmas shopping done with Henry in tow. It did not go so well, unless you define success by leaving Target with a screaming and flailing child begging for a Matchbox car. Then, yes, successful.I did notContinueContinue reading “Advent Day 20”
Advent Day 19: How Long, O Lord of the Universe?
Written some 700 years before the birth of Jesus, the Book of Micah records this prophetic statement for today’s advent verses: “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancientContinueContinue reading “Advent Day 19: How Long, O Lord of the Universe?”
Advent Day 18: Treasure These Things
Building off of yesterday’s post on sharing the good news, today’s verses are encouraging to me because of the “but” that begins the passage:”But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were justContinueContinue reading “Advent Day 18: Treasure These Things”
Advent Day 17: Sharing the ‘Good News’
If you’ve been alive for at least 18 years, it’s likely that you’ve heard once or twice or more the Good News of the Gospel about Jesus, Son of God, come to take away your sins. You’ve probably heard or been led through or been offered the sinner’s prayer to ask Jesus into your heart soContinueContinue reading “Advent Day 17: Sharing the ‘Good News’”
Advent Day 16: From Above and Below
One night this summer while Brandon and I were at the beach with his side of the family, we sneaked out the patio doors of our bedroom and sat in the tall wooden beach chairs to watch the ocean and the sky as yet another meteor shower began. The ocean pushed rhythmically against the shoreline,ContinueContinue reading “Advent Day 16: From Above and Below”
Advent Day 15: And There Were Shepherds
Dad and I sat on the tailgate of his truck and waited. The night air was warm enough to be out without a coat. The old maple on the hill cast a dim shadow from the light of the moon.”Oh! There’s one! Did you see it?” I asked, pointing to the sky. The meteor showerContinueContinue reading “Advent Day 15: And There Were Shepherds”
Advent Day Fourteen: Birth Stories
Get any group of mothers together with a pregnant woman around, and it will only take a short while before the birth stories begin. I never tire of hearing the tales. Hours spent in labor. Induction. Ice chips. Husband nearly fainting when he saw the epidural needle. We laugh, we cry, we each take ourContinueContinue reading “Advent Day Fourteen: Birth Stories”
Advent Day Thirteen: Traveling Pregnant
When I was five months pregnant with Elvis, I thought it would be a really fun idea to travel by plane with Lydia, who was ten months old, by myself, to meet Brandon and his baseball team in Florida over spring break. As I maneuvered down the center aisle of the jet with Lydia onContinueContinue reading “Advent Day Thirteen: Traveling Pregnant”
Sarah Marie Wells 