Every good gift
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.” - James 1:17 “God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things, at all times, having all you…
A mystery hidden in the past … but now revealed
For the past couple of years hubby has given me the most unique day-by-day calendar for Christmas. Upon opening the gift, it looks like a simple block of paper. But hidden inside is a creative, intricate paper sculpture. …
The power of a hymn!
As a young girl I grew up in church singing all the old hymns. The praise worship songs we sing in church today had not been written yet. Many of the old hymns from the hymn book had…
Slow and steady progress
I shared a few blog posts ago about how my daughter has recently adopted her friends’ bunny. It has been one month now since bunny came to live with my daughter. Each afternoon, when my daughter gets home…
It’s all about strategy!
Hubby stepped out on the front porch to go to work this morning and he asked: “How did that get on the porch?” There lay a big, long blackberry vine on the front porch. I glanced down and …
Fair warning
The day after hubby and I returned back home from our trip away to a far distant city, our power company had a planned power outage for some maintenance work. Both hubby and I had received text messages…
Joys of a half-empty flight
Mine and hubby's fight back home, from the far distant city we had traveled to, departed super early. In fact, as we were boarding our flight, it was only 3am back home. No one wants to get up…
Give us this day our “daily crouton”
I have been known to crisis to hubby and my kids that regarding the blog I just can’t seem to write anything less than a 6-7 min. read. Who on earth would take the time for a 7-min…
The radical thought of an empty grave!
The thought of someone dying 2,000 years ago, then being brought back to life again … and them still being alive today … this is mind-blowingly radical! This right here is Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ is God Almighty…
You can’t get in.
The hotel where hubby and I stayed during our time away had just recently been built. Evidently there are still a few “kinks in the system” which have not quite been worked out yet. And the fire alarm…