A Smallish Nap
So she goes down each day around 1PM for her nap. And so do I 🙂 But school is out and she is home with mom for the summer and still my body longs for the small nap in the mid afternoon. But sleep eludes me and I realize it is not sleep I desire but rest. 'Rest' as...
Life-Giving Words
The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He awakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught." (Isaiah 50:4, NLT) To have God's Word in my heart means more than just being able to...
Five Different Women
This past week, I looked at five women from the Old Testament to see what would stand out to me from each familiar story: Rebekah. A woman willing to serve Isaac's servant, a stranger to her. Rebekah went the extra mile - not just to serve Isaac's servant but to also...
Fear
I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. Lots of women. All of us writing on that same word. Today the word prompt is … Fear. It is an emotion experienced by us all on any given day. Maybe not every day but...
Why Grow Up?
"I can't wait to be a grownup", she said to me one day. And I naturally replied, "Don't rush it. Stay little for a bit more." A few days later, I remembered a comment a friend had said to me years ago, "I'll never grow up!" She was quite serious, saying it quite...
All Things
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) This is one of those verses we can so spout with the best of them, or at least I can. And then there are those times where, rather...