Today is our final day of our 26-day trip in our RV. I literally woke up with a pit in my stomach just thinking about it coming to an end. It has been a joy and a privilege to spend this time together as a family. Our family of five…
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It was the summer after fourth grade when my family took a trip out west for a church meeting my dad was attending. It was an emotional time as we were in the process of moving from Ohio to New Jersey and yet we had excitement over a trip. Five…
I’m writing this post from an Arkansas state park early in the morning as the kids are still asleep. The family is on the start of a 26-day journey across parts of America in an RV. This is something Brian and I thought we’d do one day when we were…
May is here! Do you know what that means? School will soon be out and the seniors are graduating!!! Yep, time for some change. The high school seniors will be going to college; some leaving home for the first time. The college seniors are stepping out on their own in…
After a hard, long, and rough month of my life, I decided I was going to stay home from church and have some one-on-one time with God and my Bible instead of going to my normal Bible study. I needed to talk with Him personally and not talk with others….
There seems to be a lot of evil in our world today. Every time I turn on the news, listen to the radio, or look at the latest feed, there are acts of violence done to the innocent. There are people committing acts of injustice I could never imagine. People…
The Christmas season is upon us, and it is time to get out the Christmas tree, the decorations, the lights, and the Nativity scene for the kids. The Nativity set is one of my favorite Christmas decorations, as it has such a rich meaning to me. When I was a…
Christmastime in my childhood meant traveling to a far distant land called Clarksville, TN to be with our extended family. This town was anywhere between 6-12 hours away depending on where we lived at the time. As a child, I would stare out the window, look up at the stars,…
Last time we left off with Ruth and Naomi. Naomi left us with three gifts: lead by example, give others free will, and have proper expectations in our relationships. I want to talk more about our leading by example. Jeremiah 31:33-34 (NIV) states, “‘This is the covenant I will make…
“So you will be my people, and I will be your God.” Jeremiah 30:22 NIV This was not the first time I had seen this sentence. It was also found in Exodus 6:7 and in Leviticus 26:12. As I was reading this over and over again in Jeremiah (see also…