We slathered the used milk cartons with crunchy peanut butter. Hands covered with nuts and cream. Pudgy cheeks smeared with the stuff. Chunks of it on the table and chairs. Lips smacked with “extras”. I didn’t remember it being that messy when I watched my daughter’s preschool class do it. The making of bird feeders. […]
Happy New Year! I appreciate you, the reader, and how so many of you encouraged me throughout 2013. So do you have big resolutions that you’re sharing with friends and family today? Perhaps it is a quiet thought about change that you are storing up in your heart. I’d like to encourage you today… In his […]
I don’t know the exact date we started but it was years ago now. Calling each other on a Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM. Talking each other up to look toward the Lord and the eternal each week. Sometimes talking each other down off the cliff we feel like we’re standing at the edge of. Most […]
So…I’m tired and stumbling through my morning. Not sure where to begin. I know I need some spiritual help because I’ve had little sleep and we’re all sick here. The husband is gone and I feel alone in this physical and spiritual battle. I still have a few days to go before he’s back. Unfortunately, […]
“That is mine! It belongs to me!” Those words (or something like them) have been heard by every person who has lived if they’ve lived in community with others. Parents cringe when they hear them. We all say them though…even if it is merely through our attitudes and actions. It can be seen in our homes, school […]
Look at these two little stinkers. They look like they’re up to something here don’t they? We enjoyed a beautiful fall day on Sunday. After church, we went apple picking and pumpkin grabbing. The kids wanted to go in the hay maze at the pumpkin farm. Papa got them started but they ALL decided it was […]
A short and simple truth for the week… He reigns… When I weep as I watch the news. When a friend betrays. When evil seems to win out over good. When death lurks for people I love. When daily work feels burdensome. When my day feels out of control…everything and everyone else around me is moving […]
We sat in her living room. Through the wall of windows we see white cottony wisps of mist settle over rolling hills. Orange leaves burst through a sea of green. Summer changes to fall. The end of a season happens right before us as we discuss the end of a season. Blue-gray skies complement fall colors and some of our emotions. Despite the fall colors coming through, blue, […]
A government shut-down. A family killed in a rock-slide. Children addicted to porn. Christians and churches being attacked. Teen pleads guilty to murdering a 10 year old girl. These are just a handful of the articles that flash across my screen this morning. Some I read. Some I can’t. And the scary world isn’t just […]
There is a change of seasons going on here. A change that has me thinking about other things than writing this week. So I’m going back to my storehouse of posts. This is my post from exactly one year ago… I watched the kids from the neighborhood play under the street lamp…unwilling to let go […]
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We weave thick vines in and out of and around our circular, amateur base to create a decorative ball. Soon, solar lights will be added to make it a visible yard ornament for the dark fall and winter nights that stretch ahead of us. It seems to be an illustration of our friendship. By now, […]
Do you ever feel ashamed or disappointed that you have lacked faith or confidence in God…or even doubted Him? Our doubts, lack of trust, or weak faith may tempt us to think our faith isn’t strong enough. Let’s look at some scripture passages that might encourage us – even if our faith feels small today. […]