Obedience has not really been my thing. I certainly obeyed my parents. I was not a rebellious child or teenager, by any means. But, when it came to obeying God, I always found a way to convince myself that maybe God did not mean “complete obedience”. Or maybe He didn’t really mean that I needed…
I was eight years old when we got the news. My mother was going to have another baby. “It was totally unexpected,” she said and then added, “I thought I was done having kids.” The five excited children, myself included, began jumping up and down with joy! My brother, the only son, was the most…
My heart was beating out of my chest. Sweaty palms and a queasy stomach are just some of what I was feeling as I was on my way to do something I had never done before. What was I thinking, and most importantly, why didn’t anyone talk me out of doing such a crazy thing?…
In a couple of months, I will celebrate 25 years of marriage with my husband. I love him more today than yesterday. It’s true. It hasn’t been easy. And at times it’s been a real struggle. And while the struggle is real, so is God. We decided to take a short trip to Maine a…
There are so many wonderful stories of amazing people in the Bible. I always want to have Mary’s adoration with Martha’s work ethic, Daniel’s faith and David’s zealous love for the Lord. Unfortunately, often times, I just seem to be Jonah. Remember him? The prophet who runs from God’s commandment to go to Nineveh and…
What do you do when the things that you thought you would have achieved haven’t come to pass? Maybe you had big dreams; a burning desire to fulfill a lifetime goal, or maybe you’re at the point where you’re saying “there has to be more to life than work, kids, cooking dinner, washing dishes, and…
Have you ever wondered what the apostle Paul means when he writes in the Bible that Christ has set us free? “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 If you are a believer, you know and understand that Jesus Christ…
Have you been tooting your horn waiting for walls to fall down? To Gideon, Pascal, and Nelly, ex-slaves who lived during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, being given forty acres and a mule represented a life of freedom. The historical fiction novel, Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, by Harriette Gillem Robinet,…
I have fallen in love with Pampered Chef items—mainly their cutlery, but anything Pampered Chef looks appealing to me. I got bogged down in their bakeware and cooking tools sections when looking through their catalogue for a flour sifter. I used the search bar and plugged in “flour sifter” and what came up was a…
One of the main reasons I love sunsets is the fact that they put a beautiful closing on the day. No matter what has happened, expected and unexpected, it reminds me that God hasn’t changed. Expectations can be killers! We want to put our hope fully into things, but experience has taught us that we…