Wow, can you believe we are already to day four of the ABIDE series? I have appreciated all your comments so far and am thankful to know these small steps are resonating with your hearts like they are mine. If you’ve missed any of the previous posts, here they are: Acknowledge Him First Bring Your […]
Gratitude
Celebrating 2014
I’ve spent the past few days at my parents’ house in Missouri and it has been fabulous! We’ve eaten a ton, shopped a little, and laughed until we cried. In just a couple of hours we’ll tell Granny Sue and Papa Terry good-bye and head off for our last getaway of 2014 and I find […]
good days, hard days, and gratitude
Monday and I used to be tight. I loved the fresh start and possibility she brought each week. But not so much lately. Lately, she’s felt bossy and overwhelming. And {because I suppose there is a 14-year-old girl inside me still} I’ve resisted her urgings and demands, even though she wasn’t altogether wrong. This week […]
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9:02 pm on April 2, 2013 {the beautiful ordinary}
Last week my girl and I went to Missouri to spend Spring Break with my parents. We had a great time and I thoroughly enjoyed being unplugged for a few days. We came home Friday and spent Saturday at an Easter egg hunt with cousins. Sunday was a beautiful day of worship. Monday I went […]
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11:44 pm on January 15, 2013 {the beautiful ordinary}
It’s quiet here … and this makes two nights in a row I’ve been up long after I normally am sound asleep. Just like last night I watched The West Wing on Netflix thinking the familiar dialog would lull my filled-up-mind into slumber. Instead, I watched President Bartlett prepare to give the State of the […]
Great Provider excerpt from When God Draws Near devotions
Sharing one of the devotions from When God Draws Near: the story of redemption. Free download … go ahead and get your copy now! Great Provider Reading: Psalm 23 We have a seven-year-old nephew and, as my husband says, “His want-er isn’t broken.” He can open any catalog, watch any commercial, or walk down the […]