Our family had the pleasure of participating in a fantastic mission experience this week – right from our living room! That’s right. By packing a shoe box full of toys, candy and other small gifts and bringing the boxes to an official Operation Christmas Child drop off center our family has been able to touch [...]
Love in a Shoebox
November 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
Our family had the pleasure of participating in a fantastic mission experience this week – right from our living room! That’s right. By packing a shoe box full of toys, candy and other small gifts and bringing the boxes to an official Operation Christmas Child drop off center our family has been able to touch [...]
When Comparison is a Blessing
April 24, 2012 19 Comments
God spoke to me as I drove home from the soccer fields. He often speaks to me while I am driving in the car. Perhaps that is because it is one of the few occasions in my crazy, busy, mom-of-many life that it is quiet enough to hear that still, small voice. Anyhow, I [...]Share and Enjoy
You Are Accepted {And Other Gifts}
April 23, 2012 8 Comments
My heart dropped as I read the words meant to seperate. “I don’t have time in my life for negativity.” Negativity. Meaning me. No room for me. my faults my lack my failures My value as a person was not enough to merit her favor. My value was calculated and I was found wanting. [...]Share and Enjoy
A Psalm of Thanks
March 26, 2012 5 Comments
My alarm sounds an absurdly joyous tune. It is 5:30am. The house is dark, quiet, all tucked and still. Coffee on, heater blowing steadily, I curl up in my over-sized chair and open the Word, revealing the wonders and majesty and mysteries and wisdom written for me to know, love and serve my Creator – [...]Share and Enjoy
Becoming Fearless
March 15, 2012 7 Comments
I barely remember the time now. The days when I woke and lived and breathed for my self alone. Those days of putting my trust in me, my degree, my job, my strength. I built my house upon the makeshift foundation of my own understanding and there I thought I had it all together. Then [...]
