Green
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Green. Green is probably my favorite color of spring and summer. As I see life blooming in the plants and trees, I am always amazed...
Joyful, Patient, Faithful
Motherhood is a challenging time for every woman. Between the endless diapers, cooking, cleaning, and playing on the floor, there is hardly any time left to fit in time alone with God. Yet this time is so important not only to parent well, but to live well. Jenifer...
Lessons From Some Turkeys {{Let’s Have Coffee}}
One never knows what one will find in the early morning hours. For instance, the other morning I got up from reading to go grab a second cup of coffee and upon returning found four turkeys in our yard. One was obviously the "leader" as he was up front and walking...
Love, Trust, and Abide
Last week was a good week of thought provoking devotional readings beginning with Ecclesiastes 12:13 and Matthew 22:34-40. I confess ... I have loved the Matthew portion since hearing Beth Moore teach on it many years ago now. But I don't remember reading the...
Second Chances
It is often said that God is the God of second chances. To be honest, I hadn’t thought about it lately, how amazing His grace is until reading a story in the book of Exodus the other morning. Moses threw down the tablets of stone in anger upon finding the people...
I Am Still Confident
" ...now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel." (Joshua 1:2, NASB) "The psalmist said, "I am still confident of this, I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living"...