Rethinking Gratitude

Behold, I am doing a new thing;     now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness     and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 ESV God is in the business of doing new things in our lives. Why? For our good and His glory. So that this world…

She fell and something snapped. He came running wild-eyed into the kitchen. “She hurt her arms. She’s screaming…L,” his eyes round as saucers as he pointed out back. Her daddy ran and something in my heart snapped too…I waited, I walked, and met them bare footed in the damp grass. Mud covered one arm of…

The task seemed monumental to me. God gave Moses specific instructions about how to build the Tent of Meeting. The Israelites would need about a ton of gold, 3.75 tons of silver, 2.5 tons of bronze, special cloths, embroidery work, jewels, hides, and more (See Exodus 36-38). Remember these are the folks God just freed…

Eleven years ago today I had my hair done in an updo and I put on a white dress.I walked down an aisle arm-in-arm with my dad. Broad smile plastered to my face and a smaller one painted on his. He had to give me away. Eleven years ago. I stood at the front of…

Hello friends. Today I am featured on Dawn Aldrich’s blog. You can check out my post here. If you are visiting from Dawn’s blog so glad you stopped by.   My alarm goes off. I roll over and hit snooze. Again. Closing my eyes I welcome the blackness of sleep. In what seems seconds my…

A pink faux wool coat lays discarded on the floor. {In 100-plus degree heat the question remains why was it removed from the closet at all?} A battalion of green plastic army men surround the pink coat as if it is their next conquest. Pillows from the couches lay helter-skelter while a trail of books…

I am just like her. Maybe that is why this behavior grates at my last nerve. I do it too. I arch my back or run off when something become the least bit difficult. I want it all to be easy…If I might fail or if something is difficult I have been known to not…

My heart is tight. Frustration mounts. Things are not going how I think they should go. I feel overwhelmed. I am not focused on the thing God wants me to do, but on all the things that I am not doing. I doubt. I struggle. I wonder. I freak-out. I calculate what-ifs and borrow trouble…

Just a smile from him and my knees go weak. He holds my hand and I lose my breath. He still makes my heart go pitter-patter. His voice calm and firm is the harmony that enriches my life song. I am better because of Him. He is God’s precious gift to me. My husband, my…

I got home last night after 10 PM and I my body felt tired, but my mind was full of all kinds of God-stories that happened during the weekend. My sweet husband listened as I poured out story after story. I plan to tell you about how God worked in this conference over the next…