Yeah, it's been a long time....but you know how summer is! I wish I had something profound to say....but I don't. Instead I would like to quote one of my fav teachers, Dr. John Piper. I am re-listening to a wonderful message he gave in January at the Passion Conference in Nashville. It is entitled, "How to Fight for Joy"....which is ( Read more... )

So our poor kitty, Cuddles, is really getting old....she is 17 years old now! She definitely isn't that same cat she was just a couple of years ago. I mean, I'm quite sure I haven't seen her with a dead mouse, rabbit or other animal in her mouth this season! And she has even taken to hoping in our shower after we shower, and drinking the ( Read more... )

I know, it has been a VERY long time since I have written in this! So yesterday I was feeling kinda blue about life in general. Then I realized that the reason I was feeling blue was because I was actually complaining to God about some things in my life that don't seem to change. I feel like God woke me up and told me that my complaining in my mind ( Read more... )

So I am doing this daily reading plan of reading the Bible all the way through in a year. I am glad to be past the intricate details of the Law, and now I am in Numbers and reading about Israel’s continual complaining against God and His provisions. It is pretty alarming to me to see myself as Israel in the Old Testament. I have also ( Read more... )

Yeah, our precious lamb, Joshua Isaac, was stillborn 23 years ago today. I realize that is before many of you were even born. People that know me well know a lot about this event in my life, but I know some of you don’t know all my history, so I am taking this opportunity to celebrate Joshua’s short life and to Praise God for all He has taught me ( Read more... )

For years I have done alot of reading to help myself and others...reading to understand myself and why I feel the way I feel.....and why I do the things I do. For years I have read Christian psychology books on emotional issues, family issues, relational issues. So many destructive behaviors that people have are often blamed on low self ( Read more... )

Matt says that this can be an epic…..which is good…..b/c I don’t have time to try to organize the thoughts that come to my head. So I am glad I can just start writing in the middle of things ( Read more... )