All days aren’t spectacular. Yet, all days are a miracle of their own. How do we balance our perspective with the seemingly boring versus the mystery and awe of a new day? How do we find God through the mundane of everyday life? There are days that go by quickly…
Time Management
Easter has come and gone. We are in the 50-day waiting period before Pentecost; when the Holy Spirit was given to us. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to wait. I don’t like to wait because that usually means I’m not in control. After Jesus rose from…
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy a day off. A day where life is all about me: no chores, no business, no school, and no church. Life doesn’t seem to give us many of those days. There always seems to be one thing to do where you have…
A month ago I put out my first reader survey. I wanted to see what you, as readers, were going through, what you enjoyed reading, and how I could help you the most. As you know by now, God laid upon my heart a few years ago that people in…
There are things in life we know to be good and yet we don’t always follow through on those good things: sleep, exercise, prayer. It’s easy in our minds to say these three activities are important, but are our actions verifying those beliefs? Are we being hypocritical? Think about sleep….
The War Room came out last weekend in movie theaters. It is a movie based on the power of prayer in our lives and how we can use prayer as a weapon to fight our battles. I highly recommend this movie to you if you have not already seen it. For…
School is getting ready to start here in Tennessee and our family will once again be in a routine. Each year, it seems that our family is moving further and further into the “new times” of life. We have new schools, new sports, and new activities. Days seems to move quickly during this…
Open mouth, insert foot. Too many times I’ve done just this. I look at someone, make a quick and rash judgement, open mouth and insert foot. Will I ever learn? You hear as parents that what you say will one day be repeated by your children. Those without children, or…
I started a project recently that consisted of going through 2 storage areas to clean out what is no longer needed and to add memories to the memory boxes now that the school year is over. What a process! You drag everything out to get to a box and then…
There has been a lot of talk lately about making goals for 2014. One look on Facebook and it’s there. If you look on Twitter, you will be inundated with people telling you the best way to keep your goals. It’s just that time of year when everyone and their…