Author Archives: Lisa Ross

Checking the clock, I rush through the living room, turn off every light in the house, and gather all of the items I need to get out the door. I wonder why I can never seem to be early for anything?! Tripping over the dog, I reach for my sweater and…poof!…it’s gone. Vanished into thin air. I clearly rememberContinue reading “Losing It!”

My flesh and heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. – Psalms 73:26 (KJV) My heart does fail. Sometimes, things are just too hard for this heart of flesh to comprehend. Some things are beyond my human ability to understand, let alone overcome. I don’t have all theContinue reading “Pressing Through”

Whatever your struggle,Whatever your plight, Never lose hope, Never lose sight. Just know…God is good. God is good. In the darkness you’ve stood shaking. With wringing hands and a heart that’s aching. Be courageous on this path that’s so unclear. Know He’s near. Have no fear. Even in this…God is good.God is good. He sees you whenContinue reading “God is Good”

At the end of the calendar year, people tend to reflect over the previous 12-months, giving closure to the things that have passed and setting their rudder toward a better, brighter future. And, as I pause to do the obligatory year-end review, I find my heart is stuck on the word “reflection.” Much less concerned with the events ofContinue reading “Reflections”

By trade, I’m the graphic designer for my church. I recently received some old photos of our pastors and I was asked to prepare them for viewing on the big screen in our auditorium. As a designer, I am not only bound by the responsibilities of my position at the church, but I am personally compelledContinue reading “Airbrushing with God”

Several years ago, I took martial arts lessons from my husband. He was a really good instructor. He taught me, and his other students, such great lessons and the techniques we would need to know in order to back those lessons up. Looking back, he taught us much more than we could have realized atContinue reading “Battle Plans”

What is it about the crispness returning to the air that makes us want to go outside and enjoy nature? Is it that we know the sunny days are primarily behind us now, and the darkness of winter is upon us, that we feel we must squeeze as much sun into our lives as possibleContinue reading “Little Yellow Flower”

It all started with frustration. Frustration soon turned into irritation. Irritation turned into short-temperedness. Short-temperedness turned into snappishness (yep – that’s a word). Snappishness turned into ugly, bitter, hateful, seething anger. It wasn’t a long trip. It wasn’t a trip that I even seemed to realize I was on until I got to there. But thereContinue reading “Flesh or Fruit?”

On this Grandparents’ Day, I looked to our home’s place of honor–high atop the bookshelf that my grandfather made–and there I notice two of our family’s most treasured heirlooms. One treasure is my grandmother’s family Bible; the other is the flag that draped the casket of my husband’s grandfather. But, on this particular day, both of these itemsContinue reading “The Foundation of Our Freedom”

So many times, I found myself, turned on my side in the fetal position…silent tears streamed down my face in the cold, dark, aloneness of night. My heart empty, aching, crying out for someone to love me…someone to care…someone to hear my cries and rush to me to help stop the flow. But I wouldContinue reading “The Struggle Within”