Different Gifts
Part of the joy in having children is watching them grow into "people" as they learn and experience different aspects of life. With each new venture, life springs up in them, excitement infuses their little bodies. The seasons bring opportunities to try new sports as...
Pitching Our Tents
"From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord." (Genesis 12: 8, NIV) Worship is giving back to God the best that He...
Stand & See
I recently read that the average adult makes about 35,000 decisions a day. Granted some are made easily, requiring hardly any thought ... Do I want ice in my water? or "What do I want to watch on TV?" Others are life changers which take more of our time and thought...
First
I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. All of us writing on that same word. And the first prompt for 2016 is … First. Love sure can be fickle. We throw the word around rather casually from loving a...
Beautiful Impossible Blueprints
"If we don't believe the things we put on our agendas will come true for us, then there's no hope for us ... We've got to believe in our beautiful impossible blueprints." (Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook) Agendas, goals, resolutions, plans - all words we toss...
The Greenest Grass
The study started with the first few verses of the book of Ruth. I read the words on the page: "So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab." (Ruth 1:1, NLT) And so comes the introduction to Elimelech and his family....