Wrestling with Jacob

A journal of faith, grief and devotional musings

lessons

  • Peaceful Sleep

    Modern medicine is amazing. Stacey and I both had colonoscopy screens this past week. We both requested the drug propofol for our procedure. It puts you to sleep quickly, it is painless and you wake up alert without memory of anything that just happened. Stacey and I both agreed that the experience with propofol might Read more

  • A teacher called grace

    A teacher called Grace Seven years have come and gone since our Jake passed in March of 2014. Grief has been a teacher to Stacey and I (others also) through this difficult season of life. I think the greatest lesson I have learned since that awful day is that the grace of God is without Read more

  • Living like a rock star

    I walked on a nearby beach for the first time recently. It is a beautiful place near our home that has been enjoyed by others for years but for us it was the very first time. We enjoyed every step along beautiful North Bar lake near Empire Michigan. Beach chairs in place we then took Read more