This morning’s entry in Jesus Calling by Sarah Young struck a deep cord within me—My Peace is the treasure of treasures: the pearl of great price…I purchased this Peace for you with My blood. You receive this gift by trusting Me in the midst of life’s storms…spiritual blessings come wrapped in trials. When I first became a Christian, I longed …
My brother, Michael, was the best friend of my youth, the big brother I adored, and sometimes foolishly followed just so I could be near him. I’m not sure if my earliest memories were actually of him or if the stories that had been told over and over again by my mother merely painted those images of him so firmly …
Here’s my dirty, little secret: I love Grey’s Anatomy. Every morning, after my husband and I spend some time in the Word, we go out to our garage and exercise. Over the years, I’ve gotten a variety of television series on Netflix—one episode is just the right amount of time to complete a good workout (45 minutes without commercials.) Often, …
Years ago, I bought a silver Honda Civic. It wasn’t until later I noticed the abundance of silver cars on the road. It couldn’t be that it suddenly became the color of choice, but I never paid attention before purchasing my own. Silver no longer looked sporty—just common. The same can be said for my recent revelation over the number …
Online shopping seems to be the way to go. Since I live in what most people deem the middle of nowhere (which is what I prefer) it’s much easier to purchase what I can from the comfort of my living room. However, there are disadvantages to this. Lack of communication being one of them. On New Year’s Eve, Chris and …
This morning, I completed Priscilla Shirer’s Bible study He Speaks to Me: Preparing to Hear from God. I chose the study because I so desperately want to hear the voice of God in my life. What I received through this six-week study was God’s words reaching into my heart through Priscilla’s words. In teaching the necessary elements of my submission …
Almost seven years ago, I quit my “day job” as a middle school teacher to write full time. I’m well aware that it’s a blessing to be able to devote entire days to my writing endeavors when so many of my contemporaries must snatch an hour here or there between work, kids and life. Or as Monk would say, “It’s …
In my last post I Resolve to…, I stated that our relationship with Christ should be a daily resolution—“Resolve to make Christ the center of your life and the rest will take care of itself.” The next day, I opened up week five of Priscilla Shirer’s Bible study, He Speaks to Me and was convicted in yet another area that …
I never took to the idea of New Year’s resolutions. Why wait until January 1st to put into practice those things you deem important? If I feel the need to exercise more or get organized, I just do it. Call me crazy (or anal retentive—whichever you feel is appropriate,) but it just makes sense. However, as the first of the …
Last weekend, Chris and I went to see the movie Saving Mr. Banks. It was a toss-up between that and The Book Thief, but the Disney movie won out because we were in the mood to see a feel-good film and expected the story behind Mary Poppins to deliver. Besides, I recently finished the novel, The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult …
