What a different celebration it was this year. I’m pretty sure everyone’s “normal” Easter activities didn’t happen and a lot of people couldn’t even go to church. Our church had a drive in service but we didn’t go because there was no way the littles would sit quietly in a vehicle for an hour. We …
Well, I’m getting quite the late start on the blog here this year. So much has been happening here. To God be the glory, January brought a final diagnosis for Big Bro. In His goodness, God has blessed us with someone who read the reports correctly and is showing us how to help him. In …
Lately I have been keenly identifying with the apostle Peter, specifically his story of being called out upon the water. I’ve been thinking about all the emotions that he was experiencing in those particular moments- terror being in the middle of the storm on a boat, fear seeing a figure walking towards them where no …
How are you today, friend? Today finds me at the end of my rope feeling like I cannot persevere anymore. Specifically being Big Bro’s mama. Hubby will tell you that I am stubborn and strong willed, but I am wondering if maybe Big Bro might have me beat in that department. He has been in …
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy your day today, as we take time to feast and fellowship with family and friends. This year will be more hectic than usual, as we will be eating dinner with my parents and then dessert at Hubby’s grandma’s. Usually Thanksgiving is just with my parents and then Christmas is …
Faith. Everyone has it. As we read in Hebrews 11, “faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” The question becomes from where does our hope and assurance come? John Whitcomb, Jr so eloquently makes this contrast about faith in his book, The Early Earth: By faith …
As I have alluded to in past posts, I have been under trial for quite a few years now. Being Big Bro’s mama has demanded countless hours of training, discipline, research, and implementation of the research into our life spanning from diet to general living. And not only in the motherhood realm, but the trial …
The beauty of our life is magnified before God when we are fulfilling the purpose for which we were created. That purpose often requires us to take a stand, to dare to be different, and trust that God will use it to bring glory to himself. On Thursday, I wrote about my little tree who …
This week ended Esther and began 1 Peter. I noticed that Esther 8 and the first chapter of 1 Peter share a common thread, found actually in Psalm 112:1. There we read “Praise the Lord. Blessed are those that fear the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands.”
All the way back in January I chose peaceful calm as the phrase for my year. I was intending to bring a peaceful calm to my home, my kids, my person and our life. I should have known marking out an intention like that would bring testing. How often don’t we find our hope dashed, …