& seeking to walk in His ways ~ Joshua 22:5
Waves of agony have become our new reality over the past seventeen days. The waves vary in size, intensity and duration, but they continually come. Thankfully from the very beginning, intermingled within the waves of agony have been waves of grace. Grace to enable us to breathe when we were certain we could not. Grace … Continue reading Waves of Agony and Grace
One thing we've consistently been told and believed since the very early moments into our journey of grieving the physical death of Sarah is, "there is nothing anyone can say to help." Most of the people who told us this were those who had preceded us in this journey of grieving the departure of a … Continue reading “Your Family’s Sacrifice”
With a great deal of trepidation I am going to allow access to the darkest crevice of my mind. It's an area I have vigilantly tried to avoid since June 8th, 2017, to no avail. What if? What if we had not allowed Sarah to sign up for the mission trip to Botswana? What if … Continue reading What if?
Two weeks ago today God called a precious seventeen year old little girl to challenge the world. Within hours of Sarah's physical death someone had succinctly titled the challenge #servelikesarah. Early Friday morning our family was blessed to see #servelikesarah popping up in posts by many of our sweet MZBC students on social media. It … Continue reading #servelikesarah
Horatio Spafford and his wife Anna have been on my mind today. The inspiration of his penning of the song "It Is Well With My Soul," is heartbreakingly unfathomable. First the death of their son, then financial disaster, then the deaths of their four daughters in a ship wreck. He is said to have penned … Continue reading Sorrows Like Sea Billows
At 2:48 PM on June 8th, 2017, a twenty-two second phone call revealed that our lives as a family had been forever altered. Scott, who was driving behind the bus that crashed with our precious Sarah and 38 other members of our church on board, called and said, "Karen, there's been a horrible wreck, the … Continue reading Suffering, Anguish and Redemption
The goal of every Christian father should be to reflect the nature and love of our heavenly Father to his children and train them up in righteousness, he should desire to "be the Father" to his children. This Father's Day the father in our home is grieving the departure of a precious child he spent … Continue reading Be the Father…
Memorial Slide Show Sarah Lauren Harmening, born December 20, 1999, is her family’s most extraordinary surprise Christmas gift, second only to Christ Jesus himself. She is the embodiment of innocence and purity. Her precious innocent spirit loves to frolic in the fictional stories of bygone eras, her very favorite being that of Little Women by … Continue reading Sarah Lauren Harmening Memorial
"For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. … Continue reading When you see us…
From May of 2016 through May of 2017 I served as one of five members on the Senior Pastor Search Team for Mount Zion Baptist Church (MZBC) in Huntsville, Alabama. Each of the five of us has an independent, unique testimony of God leading us to whom we believe to be His next shepherd for MZBC. This is my … Continue reading Great is His Faithfulness
Listening to Him 