Our daughter graduated from college this week, our second college graduation this year. As it so happens, this blog post was precipitated by her. She texted me last month asking a casual question, “What’s your favorite verse mama?” Poor thing. Little did she know that minutes later a text with the following verses landed on […]
“I don’t really understand all the hype about baby Jesus. It was really sad that He had to come into the world to save us from our sins.” Each year God is kind enough to spotlight an aspect of the Christmas story for me to ponder. In the past, I have reflected on angels, shepherds, […]
A few days ago, as I casually read through Ann VosKamp’s blog as seen HERE, my heart stopped at these words: You can live your life as the bride married to Hurry, having affairs with Not Enough, Always Stress, and Easy Cynicism. My heart stopped because this is me. Don’t get me wrong, I intentionally […]
Recently I have been watching the church lean toward what many believe is a more loving approach toward reaching people with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some Christians are telling others their sin is okay. Pick any sin. My thinking remains the same. Some Christians are saying things like, God is love. (This is true.) […]
…give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) I fell. The time had changed, fallen back. It had become dark one hour earlier than the day before. Took the dog out for his last potty break. Missed that bottom step. I flew through the air. […]
This morning I read a passage about Abram (before he became Abraham) that impressed me. Not sure I ever saw it before. The King of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself.” But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the Lord, […]
Heavenly Father, A presidential election takes place this week for the United States of America. We aren’t looking so united these days. I find myself this morning wanting to ask your forgiveness and plead for your mercy. Forgive us. (1) Forgive we the people for… not paying close enough attention during the primaries. creating an […]
I have been participating in a Bible Study called Ten Women of the Bible by Max Lucado. It has been such a great experience to study with women and teach to women about women. One of the concepts I am going to take away from the study is from the chapter about Mary, mother of […]
Today I post about my youngest daughter. This weekend she hung up her soccer cleats for good with the end of her college career. I blogged about the end of soccer for both girls last year, but at the time we didn’t know this girl would have a surprise opportunity to play a fifth year. […]
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1) Finally, signs of fall are appearing! With warm temperatures lingering late into October this year, I have yet to don jeans and a sweatshirt or sip […]
