Life on the Vine: Lessons in Abiding Part 1
You may be sitting there thinking, “Yeah yeah, I know I need to abide"—yet at the same time, we are running around trying to fit everything in and we are shriveling on the vine. Here's the truth, Friend, f we are too busy to abide in Christ, to have personal fellowship with Christ through the Word, then we are too busy. Period.
The Barrenness of a Busy Life
"Beware of the barrenness of a busy life." With this short, often quoted phrase, Corrie Ten Boom places her finger on the pulse of a continual challenge that seems to have a life of its own. Many of us have been subtly trained by the culture to...
When We Keep Making the Same Mistakes…
Don't you just hate it when you keep repeating the same goofy mistakes over and over again? You may remember this verse and picture from last week's post. As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. Proverbs 26:11...
Five Not-to-Miss Verses to Pray for Your Kids This Year
More on Praying My Kids Back to School Here in Virginia we are starting our second week of school. One week down and many, many to go. While it is still on my mind, I want to continue to share some great verses for praying our kids back to...
Three Cool Verses for Praying My Kids Back to School
Ready for School It is that time of year when school buses rev their engines and back packs are pulled out of summer-time storage in the bottom of the closet. ( I am hoping no one is getting an early start on a science project growing in the...
Back To School and the Faithfulness of God
Here we are the last of summer days have frittered away and it is time for the BACK TO SCHOOL transition. In my family, there are three different kids and three distinctly different perspectives. College Boy ... is happily ensconced in...
Out of Sync
Some words are just weird. Like some of its strange sisters, the word sync, short for synchronize, is no exception. Relatively new to the English language, originating in the 1930's, sync is one of those words I seem to have a love-hate...
Kitchen Battles…Reloaded
Don't you just love summertime? I do. I grab hold of the idea of relaxed summer days and look forward to more time with family and friends. In my rose-colored expectation of lazy summer days, I tend to gloss over the reality that laundry must...
A Brave New World–My First Writer’s Conference…Continued
After 5 weeks of out of town visitors and traveling, I am finally getting back to blogging. I am still learning how to keep all the balls in the air--I have never been quite coordinated when it comes to juggling. It looks so simple, but the...