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...
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...
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...
He Brought Us, He Wanted To

He Brought Us, He Wanted To

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...
My Only Comfort

My Only Comfort

“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...
The Lord is at Hand

The Lord is at Hand

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. ...