XXXXX In true 2020 fashion, the lights on our Christmas tree withered over the weeks between the post-Thanksgiving-decorate-for-Christmas-tradition and today. The day after Thanksgiving, I made the mistake of boasting about how pretty our tree looked. Well, not just…
“All the promises of God find their YES in Him…” (2 Corinthians 1:20) This is one of those mornings where I’ve struggled with what to write. Normally, the struggle comes when my mind is completely blank as I’ve…
My mind went time-traveling one morning this week, back to the early 1980’s (which, by the way, seems a lifetime ago). I saw myself sitting in a hospital waiting room. Young wife. Young mom of two. Three days earlier…
“Advent is the season that can remind us God is working while we’re waiting, and we’re really waiting with God.”* -Louie Giglio- *To Giglio’s quote I would add these words, “…we’re really waiting with God, FOR GOD!” I don’t…
TWO SOON-TO-CELEBRATE-HOLY-DAYS: THANKSGIVING Tomorrow!!!! It’s always a favorite holiday, because more than any other time I intentionally focus on the GOOD of all GOD has BLESSED me with in spite of me…in spite of a tragic pandemic, a volatile…
Over last weekend, I began prepping for a few Christmas crafts I’ve been wanting to focus on before the holiday rush hits. This has become one of those pre-Christmas, intentional, non-Jesus-dropping go-to’s over the years. (A few years ago,…
This week I stopped in the middle of Habakkuk chapter 2, verses 2 and 3. I had just applauded Habakkuk’s openness to listen, really listen, to the Lord. He was ready with *the right posture. *the right heart.…
When I used to teach elementary school (first grade), I seated the students on the floor before me, and always, always I’d ask for two things: look me in the eye and put on your listening ears. Watching and…
You could attach a lot of terms of endearment to this one… Here are a few, I often choose: Snuggle bunny. Sweet cheeks. Little peach. Sugar bug. Missy. Sassafras. Cutie pie. Spicy pepper. But, the one that fits her…
As I write, there are twelve days til Election Day. Some of us have already mailed in our ballots. This. This is a privilege. An honor. We have the founding fathers to thank. Great minds, who felt led by…