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 …
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, …
All praises belong to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he is the Father of tender mercy and the God of endless comfort. He always comes alongside us to comfort us in every suffering so that we can come alongside those who are in any painful trial. We can bring them …
Today, I want to get a head start on what I know is going to happen. How do I know? Because it’s happened before. And, since my 2021 word for the year is Persevere, it’s a safe bet that at some point I will grow weary. There were three areas of my life that God …
If God can clothe the fields and meadows with grass and flowers, can’t he clothe you as well, O struggling one with so many doubts?... So don’t ever be afraid, dearest friends! Your loving Father joyously gives you his kingdom realm with all its promises!Luke 12:28,32 (TPT) I have been living in a time of …
Just taking a break from writing my novel. Yep! That’s right! I’m actually doing it! I have had two different story lines in my head for years and when I saw an email for the NaNoWriMo challenge I left it in my inbox for weeks while I drummed up the courage to take the pledge …
I've been watching this docu-series online about broken brains over the past week and it has been both insightful and a bit worrisome. It has been challenging my habits and routines, causing me to evaluate how important my health is to me. Am I willing to make some hard changes and break some chains? Or …
Today was a game changer for me, one in a series of days. It started two nights ago when I deleted all my games from my iPad because I was so frustrated with myself for spending way too much time in mindlessness. The next day I began reading "Designing Your Dream, Discovering the destiny that's …
Peaceful, cheerful, and kind; what do these three words have in common? They are feel good words, words that even just saying them make you smile. Go ahead and say them out loud. How did they make you feel? Now let's add a few more words to them: a peaceful heart, a cheerful look, and …
The Far Reaches of Grace 