Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
We all have them. Bad days. Unexpected problems. Things we didn’t sign up for. Things that are totally out of our control. Maybe it is financial hardship or a loss of a job. Or maybe someone who should be doing you good is doing you …
Peter was teaching on witnessing to our teen group. He mentioned that someday we will be accountable to have witnessed to those who are closest to us. God puts us in a circle of influence and He wants us to be witnesses there first. Door …
I recently heard an older Christian woman speak on kindness. She spoke of things that hinder kindness in our lives, such as envy, anger and bitterness. She also brought up the sin of “sinful, uncharitable judgments.” Charity is the old English word for love; hence uncharitable …
Life gets busy and before you know it, if I am not careful, I can be swept away in its tide. So, in order to live intentionally I sit down on the weekend and plan my entire week. I know that God has given me …
I am so overwhelmed with thankfulness right now. The girls had friends over for the night, and my 15 and 17 year old went to work anticipating all of the fun things they could do with their cousin. They decided that they would throw a …
There was an insightful article in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Oct.19, by journalist Elizabeth Bernstein entitled “I’m Very, Very, Very Sorry…Really?” It rated the sincerity of apologies from the most sincere to the least, who we most apologize to, and why insincere apologies don’t …
Here are some pics from our trip to Yankee Candle. The whole day was therapeutic. 🙂
Still meditating on contentment, and realizing that when I am discontent (or when I grumble) I am raising my fist at God– not physically, mind you, because I know better than that. But, in my heart, it is just that. I.am.blaming.God. “In everything give thanks, …
I am learning a lot about contentment. Here are some great thoughts on the subject: “The truly godly person is not interested in becoming rich. He possesses inner resources which furnish riches far beyond that which earth can offer.” William Hendriksen “Contentment is one of …