Thankful for A Guarded Heart and Mind

Thankful for A Guarded Heart and Mind

Philippians 4:6-86Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.8Finally,...
Depending on Him

Depending on Him

The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him.~ Lamentations 3:25I woke up in the darkness of the night with Nick sleeping near me, and I was overcome with a feeling that I needed to get up and go to my Bible. I didn’t feel totally...
Jesus Knew We Would Doubt

Jesus Knew We Would Doubt

Habakkuk 317-19Though the cherry trees don’t blossomand the strawberries don’t ripen,Though the apples are worm-eatenand the wheat fields stunted,Though the sheep pens are sheeplessand the cattle barns empty,I’m singing joyful praise to God.I’m...
I Subbed with Santa!

I Subbed with Santa!

You just never know what’s going to happen when you sub! Look who was subbing on the same day as I was! Santa!! Well, actually, he said he is Santa’s twin brother. I just had to...
Teens and Cell Phones….They’re Not All Bad

Teens and Cell Phones….They’re Not All Bad

Last night Olivia had a basketball game in Ashland. I had this big idea that Mom and Nick could meet me, Tim, Todd, and Olivia after the game to eat at a restaurant in Ashland that is fairly new (at least we’ve never been there). I was so excited when Nick...
A Sacred Call…..

A Sacred Call…..

I wanted to share my latest prayer email with you, because I wanted all of you who read my blog to be “in” on the thoughts I am having about prayer. So, below you will read the email I have sent this morning to Nick’s prayer warriors all over the...
It’s Beginning to Look a "Little" Like Christmas

It’s Beginning to Look a "Little" Like Christmas

Poor Snoopy…..He just seems a little “out of place” standing near the pumpkins and very-dried out mums! There’s just something about this time of year that seems about that awkward. Christmas is in the air but Thanksgiving longs to be...
Tim Needed a Little Lift!

Tim Needed a Little Lift!

Psalm 31 O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from...
Would God Speak Through a Deer?

Would God Speak Through a Deer?

Last night as I was driving back from a movie with Olivia and four of her little friends we saw a house totally decked out in lights for the holidays! Even the bushes were sparkling with color! I couldn’t believe it! My heart has struggled to be filled with the...