Changing Life Seasons… {Travel On}

by rachelrains // October 16, 2020 // No Comments

I rediscovered Yellowstone National Park pics from fifty years just a couple days before we left for own family trip two weeks ago. I was only a year old on that trip. My parents had just bought a camper and... Continue reading →

If We Make It Through December…

by rachelrains // January 2, 2020 // No Comments

The second half of 2019 brought a flurry of rollercoaster twists and turns for our family… and in God’s amazing grace, all for the good! God works like this ya’ know… not on our schedule… and not at all as... Continue reading →

Learning Trust, Finding Gratitude… and Counting it all Joy!

by rachelrains // November 26, 2019 // No Comments

With a heart exceedingly full of GRATITUDE is how I’m planning to celebrate this season of Thanksgiving… I’m grateful for answered prayers! Some of which were decades in the making… And as someone currently walking out of a desert season... Continue reading →

How to Love Others… {Mr. Roger’s Style}

by rachelrains // November 21, 2019 // 17 Comments

This past summer as I was leaving church one Sunday morning, out of nowhere, I had the thought “I wonder if Mr. Rogers knew what he was doing when he wrote the song “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” My suspicion... Continue reading →

Promise for the Journey…

by rachelrains // August 29, 2019 // No Comments

At the age of eighteen, God gave me a promise. A dream – if you will. A dream for my life’s purpose and a promise for my future. Thirty-two years have come and gone and, finally, the ‘big reveal’ has... Continue reading →

Evil, Self-Serve, and a Holy Juxtaposition… {Does God Really Exist}

by rachelrains // July 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

Through the ages, so much thought and emphasis has been placed on answering the question “Does God really exist?” And “Is Heaven real?” But seldom have we asked “Where does evil come from?” Most of the time, we barely acknowledge... Continue reading →

The Gift

by rachelrains // March 22, 2019 // No Comments

I have always loved this meme. It’s simplicity in truth is profound. As I grieve the closing doors in my life, I’m reminded of this visual. An illustration of a child of God clutching ‘the Gift,’ too afraid to let... Continue reading →

What Family Does…

by rachelrains // December 21, 2018 // No Comments

I still remember the cold, wet feeling of condensation on my small hands as they pressed against the large, plate-glass window of our living room. My 8-yr-old brow furrowed as I watched tiny snowflakes make their way to the ground.... Continue reading →

Imagine… What If We Just Loved?

by rachelrains // November 1, 2018 // No Comments

Have you grown weary of all the hate, injustice, anger, and sadness in the world? What if we just loved? What God truly desires is for his children to love Him and to LOVE one another! Imagine. Imagine if you could... Continue reading →

When Cancer is a Gift…

by rachelrains // October 9, 2018 // 2 Comments

“And there’s this other, funny thing… I love, more! L O V E . That’s all I feel.” These are the words of a dying man. “Nothing but love.” he says. These words have haunted me since I first read them two Autumn’s... Continue reading →