Several things took place in our family yesterday that tried to bring a whole backpack full of discouragement on our backs. It’s just a little bit weird how trials seem to at least come in pairs…sometimes it is more like bunches. Life can be so much like a roller coaster…that is if we choose to…
I am beginning to understand a bit more about the life that many of you lead. A couple of weeks ago I started volunteering at Proverbs 31; putting information into their data base. My new life seems to have a new mantra: So much life, so little time. I have found I have to be…
So my favorite verse in Proverbs 31 is verse 16 – “She looks over a field and buys it, then, with money she’s set aside, plants a garden.” This woman knew how to find a great bargain; a woman after my own heart! Earlier this week, I woke up with a lit in my heart!…
A couple of years ago, when my daughter Mariah was entering middle school, she asked me to buy her some flip flops. These were not just any old flip-flops; these were “Rainbows”. When I saw the price tag that went along with these very popular flip-flops, I wanted to know what was the big deal!…
I read something today in “The Bathtub is Overflowing, but I Feel Drained” by Lysa TerKeurst. “My children cannot really know Him as healer unless He has healed them in some way.”. We talked yesterday about fear. I have identified it – this is my greatest fear – that my children will “fall off the…
Yesterday,I learned a new thing about myself. I have always thought of myself as fearless. Worry is not one of my many struggles, so I assumed that I didn’t struggle with fear either. Yet, I came to the realization that when I am frustrated or angry, what I really am experiencing is fear. Fear that…