“I already told you no. Why are you asking me again?” I bet as a parent you’ve said that once or twice! When my child comes and asks the same request a second time, sometimes, as Arlyn Lawrence said it, the “Proverbs 32” woman kicks in and I feel VERY frustrated. “I already gave you…
“In what ways do you try to be normal, to fit into society and live the way others do?” This was the probing question that the study asked the teens in my Gather & Grow group. Fitting in – Blending in. Is it something only teens struggle with? There are many areas in my life…
Have you seen yellow ribbons around your communities that serve as reminders of our men and woman in the service? I love to see them. It is so important to not forget them and to pray for those who serve to protect our country each day. I discovered today that is idea (like every other…
Reading Numbers 11 today I saw that the Israelites struggled with something that I can struggle with too…complaining. They chose many things to be ticked off at God for. In this chapter, they were tired of eating the same thing every day and they were tired of their leadership. God is none too happy with…
Most of us have some type of work in our lives that is less than “glamorous”. Scrubbing toilets, doing laundry and making supper at home. Running the mail, ordering supplies or making the coffee at work. Often we just don’t value these tedious tasks; maybe it is because we don’t feel that others value them…
We were so excited! Promise was written all over the raining afternoon – it was going to be a chick-flick day! Mariah and I googled to find out all of the Jane Austin books that had been turned into movies and we were heading to Blockbuster. We passed up “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and…