“Honey, close your eyes.” “But why mommy?” “So when we pray, you can shut out the world and focus on Jesus.” Once her little eyes squeezed shut, a pint-sized heart poured out gallons of blessings upon everything she held dear. I remembered that this morning when I read Acts 9 about Saul’s conversion on the […]
Author: Shannon Gallatin
Though merely a trophy of God's infinite grace, I am blessed to be the wife of my favorite pastor. I'm also the mother of a miracle with at least 6 treasures in heaven being raised by my heavenly Father. The Lord has used my past jobs of working with families affected by addictions, abuse, and other life tragedies, to help oversee the women's ministry at Calvary Chapel of the Finger Lakes. I couldn't be more thankful for His entrustment to wear multiple hats of various sizes, though they might fit a bit awkward on my noggin'. Praying that each of these things are being used to make me more like my Jesus and bring Him great glory.
Though I love all of the Word of God, Philippians 3:10 has become my life verse and Acts 20:24 my ministry pursuit.
Daddy, Just Be A Man!
As I typed away on my laptop, reverberations of monkey sounds mingled with a little girl’s laughter, hovered in the background. It was “Daddy! Will you just be a man, please?!” that made me look up. Somewhere in the midst of the pseudo-circus, my daughter had gotten tired of Daddy doing a great King Kong, […]