May 3, 2013 | Godly Living
We recently purchased a home and had our closing date set for April 22nd.On April 22nd, we were told that we would be closing the following day on Tuesday, April 23rd. Understandably, I had booked the moving crew to show-up on April 23rd, the day after our...
Apr 30, 2013 | Christian Worldview, Godly Living
For my birthday, my husband gave me a plaque that has the dates of our wedding anniversary as well as the birthdays of our four children on it.At the bottom of the plaque, are the words, “What a difference a day makes”. Every time that I read that phrase I think, “How...
Apr 23, 2013 | Godly Living
“Wasn’t that awesome?!”, my friend shouted.She was waiting for me as I ran through the finish line of my first ever 10 mile race.I was panting (yes, like a dog!) and I could barely catch my breath.“Awesome” definitely was not the word I would have used to describe...
Apr 19, 2013 | Godly Living
I have been enjoying my occupational therapy as I regain mobility in my hand and wrist from the surgery I had to remove the flesh-eating bacteria.The area all around my scar is hyper-sensitive.The slightest brush of my sleeve on the scar near my wrist sends an intense...
Apr 11, 2013 | Christian Worldview, Godly Living
Those who know me best would likely say—and I would agree —that I am a very competitive person.A few have even gone so far as to say that I am the most competitive person they know. I certainly would dispute that— because I believe my husband holds that position— but...
Apr 5, 2013 | Godly Living, Hope and Encouragement
When you come before the throne of God in prayer, do you come with confident boldness or with caution and timidity? Recently I was hospitalized with necrotizing fasciitis (otherwise known as “flesh eating bacteria”) in my left arm.It was an...
Mar 29, 2013 | Godly Living, Holidays
As a child I remember thinking it so strange that the day commemorating Jesus’ crucifixion was called “Good Friday” when it was a day of such pain for Jesus.At services every Good Friday I heard preaching on the words of Jesus from the cross and was aware of the agony...
Mar 20, 2013 | Godly Living, Godly Relationships
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. …10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. What comes to your mind when you hear the word “submission”? A doormat? Robotic compliance? The vision...
Mar 4, 2013 | Godly Living
“If I profess, with the loudest voice and the clearest exposition, every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing...
Feb 25, 2013 | Godly Living
It’s 3am and I wake up to my frightened daughter saying, “Mom, I can’t sleep, the wind is too loud.”Funny thing, I hadn’t heard the wind until she woke me up.Then after hearing it I found myself wide awake and thinking about…the house!The day before we had signed...
