Remembering I am the Branch: Life on the Vine, Part 2
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vine dresser. John 15:1 My son is helping me put together some new furniture for our porch. We hauled the heavy box out of the car, opened it up, and began taking out the pieces. Lots of...
Life on the Vine: Lessons in Abiding Part 1
“Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. I am the...
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...
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....
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...
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...
