We think about Friday being the end of the week and beginning of the weekend. The day after Thanksgiving when we can get the best deals on TV’s and vacuum cleaners. The day we’ve looked forward to since Monday started so we can kick back and relax. As I sit on my porch and think […]
Don’t Miss the Best Black Friday Deal You’ll Ever Have! Read Post »
Why does God make us wait for things? Have you ever wanted something so badly that it almost physically hurt to think about? I was reading the first chapter in Deuteronomy where Moses is speaking to the Israelites after wandering around the desert for 40 years. An 11 day journey turned into 40 years because
Standing in Your Own Way Read Post »
It was December 2012 when me and David were getting ready to spend our first Christmas together in our own home as husband and wife. We got our first Christmas tree and other decorations for the house but something was missing. I told my Mom and Dad that I didn’t have a nativity set to
The Broken Snow Globe Read Post »
“But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.”Isaiah 64:8 ESV As a child I remember watching Bob Ross on the big television my parents had in their living room. I remember watching him turn a blank canvas into
A Brush in the Painters Hand Read Post »
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!”Matthew 6:22-23 ESV It was like any
Beyond the Dirty Windows of Our Souls Read Post »
I found myself sitting in the grass on a hill overlooking a sea of different shades of green throughout the fields and trees. I was watching the sunlight change through the leaves as the wind softly blew them back and forth changing the pattern of the shadows on the ground. On the outside it was
Rarity Beyond Measure: God Made Only One You Read Post »
I was writing my next post about preparing for power outages, as I was writing about heat sources and my parents’ old wood stove the Holy Spirit started to speak. I remember the smell of the smoke as dad would light a fire in the old wood stove. Once the flames grew, the sound of
His Warmth Never Fails Read Post »
I watched the flames flicker in the gas fireplace as I warmed my cold sore hands above the vent. I closed my eyes and I started to imagine the heat melting away the pain in my joints only leaving the soothing sensation of relief from old injuries I have acquired through the years. I began
By His Stripes We Are Healed: God Uses Pain for Good Read Post »
For the past several days I have watched my husband David work on our front porch. We built the porch last year and we want to add a roof before the winter weather brings snow. I sat in my folding chair and sipped my coffee as I watched how meticulous David was being with every
God Chose a Craftsman Read Post »
“He gives food to every living thing. His faithful love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His faithful love endures forever.”Psalms 136:25-26 NLT The smell of bacon filled the air as it began frying in the pan sizzling on the stove. One by one I cracked large white eggs into a bowl
The First will Be Last, The Last Will Be First Read Post »
