Wisdom From Aesop
"The King will reply, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:40 NIV84). I am linked with: Doing You Well and Wordless Wed. (Create With Joy) and 5 Minutes For Mom and Winsome Wed. and...
Knowledge ≠Relationship
I woke so early this morning. I turned the coffee pot on, went to the family room to read & wait for it to brew. I read: You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you possess eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about...
Pierced Ears, Hearing Ears
Sophia recently did it! She got her ears pierced!!!! She was so proud of herself, announcing, "I didn't even cry!". Of course, she boasts of the fact, especially since we told her the story of how her own mother cried when she got her ears pierced. Lisa texted me a...
A Sunday Prayer
I read this on prayer, written by G.K. Chesterton, a well know English author. It reminded me of my Gram, who prayed about everything. She was truly a woman of prayer, living each day dependent on prayer. You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before...
Song
Song. I love music. I listen to it a lot throughout the day. All kinds of music. I am not particular. So many songs have a story connected to them for me. The songs I love have somehow attached themselves to an event, a joy, a difficulty. And so, when they come back...
Not For The Fainthearted
There is a word that I have been mulling over in my head since Sunday. Sunday was Mother's Day. And if you are a woman, you already knew this fact. I do not know how many times over the last week I read these words: "Motherhood is not for the fainthearted." At first,...