by Lisa Jacobson | Jun 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
I believe it all began in the streets of Paris. I was younger, single, and relatively free from responsibility. Back then I was studying in France and getting lost in the Louvre. Later I would meet the man I’d marry and we returned to Paris on business. Not that it...
by Lisa Jacobson | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
I suppose I took it for granted. After all, I had been a missionary in Africa. Graduated from seminary. He was heavily involved in Christian publishing. We were both serious about our faith. A spiritual match made in heaven. You’d think. Yeah, I figured our...
by Lisa Jacobson | May 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m not sure what started it. But I suspect it had something to do with this one book I’d read a few years back. I’m not saying the author intended to communicate this message, but it’s certainly what I concluded. If I wanted to be a a good wife – a...
by Lisa Jacobson | Apr 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
I couldn’t say when I first noticed. We were in the midst of so many trials at the time that it’s hard to tell when it really began. Troubles in the church. Hardships at home. Challenges at work. So much was swirling about us that I didn’t notice how heavy it was on...
by Lisa Jacobson | Apr 9, 2014 | Marriage
She was only seventeen. Young, strong and determined. He was 19 and enlisted in the Navy. But they were both in love and so they married. They soon started their family and were blessed with four children: two daughters and two sons. As he was quite the adventurer...