When You Need To Be Revived

When You Need To Be Revived

Every spring we have one of those days.  Out of nowhere, the temperature drops and we get a great storm with hail. The kids love it but I cringe at the thought of our fragile flowers being pelted by the ice. This year it was the bluebells that were still standing, the...
On the Edge of Spring

On the Edge of Spring

It's already but not yet. We've been given the date and the declaration but we have not really experienced it quite fully yet...at least not in Missouri.  Yes...we've had days...but they have been too short.  Just today we had 75-80 degree weather.  But the wind is...
Winter Provision

Winter Provision

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...
Big Resolutions Vs. Little moments

Big Resolutions Vs. Little moments

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...
You're Walking on Holy Ground

You're Walking on Holy Ground

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...