As new puppy parents, my husband and I have begun to greatly appreciate nap times. Finn and Meg are a constant source of entertainment, cuteness, and cleanups. When they are not napping or peeing, they are biting. Finn loves to be in my lap and have me scratch behind his ears, but he can’t sit …
Finn Meg I’ve been reading a devotional on health. Today he wrote about different spheres of health, beginning with mind, body, and spirit, but including a few more. The point being that we need health in all areas of our life. Cue the cuteness. Meet Finn and Meg. Two Aussiedoodles we picked out yesterday to …
You may recognize this photo. I had this made into a canvas print a few months back and have shared it twice on my blog. It hangs on my living room wall reminding me to give thanks to God each day. It has worked for me! Each night before I go to sleep I ask …
This week at Bible study our teacher shared her life verses and asked us to come prepared to share ours at our next meeting. Honestly I haven’t thought about mine for years. I know it was about 40 years ago when I rededicated my life to following Christ and was baptized in the Holy Spirit. …
Persevere — this was my word for 2021. It was a word I didn’t particularly desire. Nobody wants to think of having to persevere. Perseverance generally presumes hard times are in the future. Yet, because God is good, I knew persevering was not without reward. When you are given your One Word for the year, …
What is the week between Christmas and the new year like for you? To me it feels like dead space. My house was full of life, kids and grandkids playing games and opening gifts, and so much food! It was wonderful. But then they travel back to their own homes and the house seems deathly …
I was excited about writing a series on the names of God. I started a draft then realized how deep I must go to write a good blog for you. Then November came and with it I committed to write 1500 words a day on my novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month.) It took …
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was …
This is why I wait upon you, expecting your breakthrough, for your Word brings me hope.Psalm 130:5 (TPT) The definition of anticipation draws in not just expectation and hope, but a feeling of what it is like when our hope is fulfilled. While looking for a picture for this post, I found pictures of children …
When darkness veils His lovely face,I rest on His unchanging grace;In every high and stormy gale,My anchor holds within the veil.My Hope is Built On Nothing Less (On Christ the Solid Rock) Edward Mote Laying awake in the dark of the morning, my thoughts a storm in my head, I felt beaten, giving in to …
The Far Reaches of Grace 