Our story continues…. He wants to play! Jack, my puppy, wants to play! How did I go from a calm, consistent life of morning quiet times to sharing these special parts of my day with a four-legged, wiggly, demanding little creature? I’m really not sure how it happened, but saying yes to getting a dog was so far from my plans …
Purpose in the Trials
The purpose of our trials is not only to test our worthiness but also to increase it, just as the mighty oak is tested by the storms as well as strengthened by them. ~Streams in the Desert This scene beckons me. I don’t want to lack anything. I don’t like the storms, but I don’t want to miss what God …
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Trials
We have a new family member–well, a potential family member who we are keeping during a trial period. Trial to see how the cat fares. Trial to see if Drew’s allergies can handle it. Trial to see if my 21 year old daughter can manage being a dog owner. And it’s ironic that now that I’ve chosen to make a schedule, I’ve said yes …
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My Date with Erma Bombeck
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones (Proverbs 17:22). A few years ago, (the exact birthday is fuzzy) Mike gave me a set of books by this funny, funny woman. They sat on my bookshelf for a few years until recently. I am often too lazy at night to go back down stairs …
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God’s Economy
For in the midst of an ordeal of severe tribulation, their abundance of joy and their depth of poverty [together] have overflowed in wealth of lavish generosity on their part (2Cor. 8:2) (AMP). “Joy is not gush; Joy is not jolliness. Joy is simply perfect acquiescence in God’s will, because the soul delights itself in God Himself. “I delight to …
