Eugene Burnand, Expectation, John, Mary DeMuth, New Year, Peter, Resurrection

2012

What does a blogger write to kick off a brand spankin’ new year? I could write the usual. Resolutions. One word for the year like consistency or faith. Or I could write about a new idea I heard recently by Mary DeMuth. She suggested finding a picture that would define your resolutions. Rather than the new resolutions, I could tell you of how I failed with the ones I attempted …

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Tied Up Like a Bow

Dreaming of a white Christmas…..it was 76 yesterday! It’s Friday. Christmas Eve Eve. And as I sit here typing my mind is flooded by the past events and posts. It feels as if the last few weeks were whirlwinds. Good whirlwinds. I thrive when I’m super busy. Yet when I’m going so fast I need to sit down to put …

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He Knows

“He has to have the most wonderful laugh ever! He created laughter! He is the author of ‘funny’! Can you imagine what God’s laugh sounds like?”                                                                       ~Lauren Lee I think He is laughing at me. Just the other day I was worrying about staying on my budget which has been blown on extra Christmas things I have indulged in …

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A Christmas Trip Like No Other

When the kids were little, we’d pack them in the van with their p.j.’s, pillows and blankets. Pretty much everything but the kitchen sink. We loaded the Christmas presents and t.v. and vcr (strapped down in the front for all children to see.) And in the middle of the night, in the presence of all the stars in the sky, …

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bitterness, confusion, God's faithfulness, God's guidance, humility

Psalm 70:21-28

When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was a senseless and ignorant beast before You.Yet I am always with You;You hold me by my right hand.You guide me with Yourcounsel, and afterward You will take me intoglory.Whom have I in heaven but You?And earth has nothing I desire besides you.My flesh and heart mayfail,but God is the …

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