The twinkle in her eye’s spoke a silent message. There was something new there; something I had never seen in the past five years of knowing this beautiful nineteen year-old gal. Jo had just returned from spending nine months in the Caribbean and Venezuela, spreading the incredible news of the matchless love of Jesus. As…
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…