by abigailalleman | Oct 8, 2018 | Hope Grows Here, Series
I put the tagline ‘hope grows here’ at the top of my blog. I thought maybe if I did, I would live up to it. Recently, the Lord has been impressing upon me the nature of hope. He’s been gently, yet firmly, calling me deeper into it. He’s been...
by abigailalleman | May 1, 2018 | Abba Heart, Hope, How to Walk This Road, Series
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 It is a long...
by abigailalleman | Mar 13, 2018 | Gospel, Hope, Promise, Series
“Those who look to Him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.” Psalm 34:5 Shame. It is the sense there is something wrong with us, about us. It’s spawned in the garden. There is innocence, perfection, walking in the cool of the day...
by abigailalleman | Feb 13, 2018 | Hope, Marriage, Series
We stood facing one another dressed in glory bright and the joy of our coming union. We lifted our voices as we spoke the hope of Lamentations 3:22-23. ‘Because of the Lord’s great love…’ ‘We are not consumed.’ ‘His...
by abigailalleman | Nov 29, 2017 | Glory, Series, Uncategorized
I turn the corner on the tall cement apartment buildings. I cross the street and walk by the modern Catholic church. I descend the hill and if I have timed it just right, it’s there. The glory of the sunset. Its rich hues from fuchsia to violet to corral are...
by abigailalleman | Nov 16, 2017 | Hope, How to Walk This Road, Series, Uncategorized
I walked the hill by my home in Budapest, as I did every day. These were the days which screamed in hideous ways ‘I am not good enough. I am a failure. I am a mess. I’ll never measure up.’ Their blows were seventy times seven. Unrelenting. I was so...
