Cars. Furniture. Jewelry. Appliances. Basically, anything you want. Buy now, pay later. Good deal or bad idea? As we {finally!} get back into Richard Foster's ten controlling principles of simplicity, we are at number seven: Look with healthy skepticism at all "buy now, pay later" schemes." (93) I'm not going to launch into a financial management diatribe because I assure you, I am no Dave Ramsey! But, as I've been praying through a simpler life and contemplating what simplicity looks ... [Read More]
Counting for Eternity
{Life is still spinning fast around Chez Underwood. I pray this post from the archives will bless you today.} "When life comes down to the bottom line, I want mine to have counted for all eternity." unknown How does this happen? What steps do we take to make our lives count for eternity? I know this ... it's not by chance or happenstance. It's a purposeful decision, a dedicated choice made consistently out of obedience. What counts for eternity? Do not store up for ... [Read More]
She’s Doing Great!
Thank you so much for all your prayers yesterday and the past weeks. Greer's surgery went very well and she is already off the vent this morning!! Please keep praying ... I'm posting her mom's Facebook note from last night below. So...the baby girl is out of surgery and all plugged up. How crazy is that? Many of you may think that the device they put in is just like a pacemaker and helps the heart pump...that is what we thought at first, but we have become somewhat educated pretty ... [Read More]
Someone Has to Die
Ash Wednesday .... the beginning of Lent. My plans included a post on simplicity and the beginning of my 40 bags in 40 days project. The puppy has an appointment at the vet. I'm going to lunch with a friend. There's some laundry and dishes in the sink. And my plans included prayer ... confession, preparation, praise, and wonder. Wonder at the God who became flesh. Wonder at the ugly beauty of the Cross. Wonder at the grace that is truly greater than all my sin. Wonder at the gift of ... [Read More]
Practical Suicide
Got your attention? I'm reading this amazing book ... The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath by Mark Buchanon. Do you ever have a book you KNOW you are supposed to be reading ... RIGHT NOW? This is that book for me. Scott bought Buchanon's book for me for Christmas and I added it to the large stack of books I received. In January, I was reading (again) One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are and noticed a few quotes that resonated within me ... guess ... [Read More]
The Bigness of the Small
Do not disdain the small. The whole of the life - even the hard - is made up of the minute parts, and if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. ~ Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts The minute parts ... how often are we, am I, guilty of disdaining the small? How often do we, do I, need reminding of the beauty of the tiny? How often have we, have I, lost the magnitude of grace in the minutiae of daily life? Pairing socks, planning menus, packing lunches ... the mundane tasks of every ... [Read More]
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