Hey! I’m Jessica – and maybe you know me from the various places I poke around the web, or you’re my in real life friend, or you’re new here – whomever you are, and whatever got you here, welcome and thanks for being here!
I am married to my best friend and I follow him around the country wherever the military sends us. It has been a transformative work in my heart to realize that while the military might give the orders, God is sovereign over it all and ultimately, we serve Him and His bigger plan. It is hard when Paul needs to travel for 4 days – 5 weeks but hard isn’t bad. Through the hard I have learned some of the most precious truths about God and the reality that suffering is never for nothing.
picture by Shannon Hanson
I am mom to two boys born in 2007 and 2008. They keep us laughing and running to the grocery store and praying for God’s protection over their daring antics.
This little corner of the web has been on my heart for a long time, and I am thrilled it is finally coming together. Wonder and Wildness is a place to inspire conversations worth wondering over.
Adu Ojo Me Kpibe is Igala – a tribal language in West Africa – for “Servant of God, you think.”
When we were in Nigeria in the Fall of 2017 we found out my Grandpa use to write “Me Kpibe” on the blackboard at the Bible school. Even though he had been Home with the Lord for many years, the Bible school teachers kept those words on every classroom blackboard.
It means “you think.”
As in, engage your mind in the material – an imperative, a command – in a sense; “love the Lord your God with all your…mind.”
In a culture inundated with “fast food” information, false teachers, and perversions of God’s word it’s such a needed reminder: you think. It is my prayer that Wonder and Wildness will encourage your journey, engage your mind, and remind you of the joy that is there in the everyday because of Christ Jesus.
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