As a public school teacher one of the subjects I taught was English grammar. Teaching the tenses of verbs meant explaining the past, present and future. For example: I prayed yesterday. I pray today. I will pray tomorrow. Time – it is easy to use in words but hard to understand. Look…
Question and Answer I desire to grow in my relationship with God and lean on Him to show me His ways. But prayer is hard for me. Whenever I go to ask Him to do something in my life I feel silly asking Him. Why ask or expect God to answer my prayers…
I was out for a walk the other morning and IT. WAS. FREEZING! As soon as I took a step out the door, the thought flashed in my mind to grab my second pair of gloves to put over the pair of thin layered ones I already had on. But I was in a…
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.” ~ Psalm 39:7 You know that moment? That pause, the intake of breath right after you jump and hang in mid-air, before landing in cool water. That’s what life feels like right now. I’ve taken the leap, stepped out in…
Listen to the following “go-to: scripts: Here’s one: I forgot to prep dinner this morning- my kids are going to wind up eating McDonald’s= I’m a bad parent. I snapped at my husband this morning because he left his clothes on the floor= I’m a bad wife. I checked Facebook several times while at work=…
When she took her first steps, she stopped to clap for herself. After rolling a ball, she claps. Tell her to blow a kiss and you’ll get the sweetest little kiss joyfully blown your way, and happy applauding to follow. She sees herself the loving way we see her, the way God sees her…
We all have closets for clothes. Today I want to look in your closet – what’s in it? A long time ago, I taught a Sunday school class about the difference between what we need and what we want. They understood this concept. We made a list of needs and came…
One of our Community Moms has asked for help from our Writing Team about finances. We have two writers who who will be sharing their thoughts with us today. My husband and I are currently struggling with finances. It’s obvious the healthcare system has changed since I have had my last baby. It’s not extreme…
My handsome seven year old son joyfully tells me, “Mom I have a scripture for us to read every day this week!” He pulls a wrinkled paper out of his pocket and hands it to me. I could tell by his sparkling blue eyes that this was a big deal to him!! He wanted me…
I love seeing big numbers in my bank account (especially since I so rarely see them). I knew our tax refund check would be substantially larger than most years once we filed our taxes post-adoption. I envisioned all we could do with a few extra thousand dollars. I planned to take my recently adopted…
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