Sep 27, 2013 | Godly Living
Watching the movie “Taken” or seeing an Amber alert sign gives a chill to every caring parent. Every mother’s nightmare is that someone might take and harm her child. To protect against that, I wanted my daughter to learn self-defense. So we took a...
Sep 24, 2013 | Godly Living
Recently I went out of town and I was catching up with my husband about what had happened on the home front during my absence. He mentioned that he’d noticed fleas on our dog while he was giving the dog a haircut. I asked him what he’d done to treat the fleas; to my...
Sep 20, 2013 | Godly Living, Parenting
Have you ever had your “feelings” hurt by someone? A rude comment, a careless remark, or a demeaning glance can sting. It “stings” because it is literally; in that moment, the “death” of something. My youngest son recently bought a pair of new neon green...
Sep 17, 2013 | Godly Living
Ok, so I admit, I’m a list maker. I enjoy making lists, reviewing my list and especially checking things off the list. I remember a co-worker years ago making fun of my lists. It wasn’t so much that she was laughing at my making a list, but in the...
Sep 5, 2013 | Godly Living
Have you ever taken a “little” break from something? Maybe from your running schedule, or your Dave Ramsey envelopes, or your early morning devotional. The definition of little is: short in duration; not extensive; short; brief: a little while small in...
Aug 30, 2013 | Godly Living
I went to bed last night with conviction and grief in my heart. I did not personally watch the VMA’s to see all that ensued that night, but naturally Facebook was blowing up with things about Miley Cyrus. I looked at one and it showed all the strange moments in her...
Aug 15, 2013 | Christian Worldview, Godly Living
It’s been said that the most quoted—and I’d say misunderstood—scripture is Matthew 7:1: “Judge not, that you be not judged.” The Pope recently has made headlines because of his use of this scripture. People so often want to use this verse to say that we as Christians...
Aug 11, 2013 | Godly Living
We were elated when our son and daughter-in law who’d been trying to conceive for over a year called to say they were expecting our first grandchild.Our joy was doubled when they told us after seeing the ultrasound that they were expecting twins! As soon as I heard, I...
Aug 10, 2013 | Christian Worldview, Godly Living
One of my favorite things to do each spring is to plant flowers. However, around this time of the year I look at what had been a beautiful flowerbed I’d labored to plant in May and now see a flowerbed ravished by deer and overgrown with weeds. And yet, looking over my...
Aug 9, 2013 | Godly Living, Godly Relationships
Infested with cancer and needing to get medical treatment right away, a business owner decides it would be better to keep her business open for fear of disappointing her patrons. ”One more year,” she thinks to herself. Because of the nature of her business...
