Tag: God
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When Your Kids Near Marrying Age
I don’t recall where I picked up the idea, but for several years I’ve been drying the petals of flowers my girls (or myself) have received so they can be used on their wedding day. It was a fun activity with a “someday” thought attached to it. Now, it’s a…
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Like Moses, My Arms Got Tired
Exodus 17 11-13 As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed. When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each…
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Save the Journals or Burn Them…?
Although New Year’s Day is often a day to toss out the “old”, the January 1st purging of my home office was not planned. I just happened to smell a fire brewing outside and discovered my husband burning some Christmas wrap and nonsense snail mail. I was sitting in…
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Gratitude – For All Things New
New beginnings… Resolutions… Fresh journals with white, crisp pages waiting to be written on… A stack of unread books ready to fill cold, winter nights… January is a chance for a clean start… I am grateful that His mercies are new each day! Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin…
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Gratitude
“Let us thank God for his priceless gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15 GNT
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Do We Really “Need” It? A Former Student Says NO.
A student from a few years ago just came to mind as I began to notice how many people around me were saying what they “needed” for Christmas. “I really need black boots because all my other pairs are brown…I need a TV for the bathroom…”? Then, I noticed I…
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Gratitude
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 He remains the same. Me? Well…this happened about a week ago: The morning: I was driving in heart-felt praise singing along to What a Beautiful Name. I was in tears. Connected to our God. Thankful. Happy. Resolved to…
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The Glory of Nature by C.S. Lewis
“Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word glory a meaning for me. I still do not know where else I could have found one.” C.S. Lewis Photos: mine
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Gratitude – by Abe Lincoln
“You must kneel to God only and thank Him…” Abraham Lincoln
