Just two weeks ago, we were right in the middle of our annual missions conference at church. Always a highlight for our church, as well as for me personally. It is no secret – I love missions – and missionaries. Our speaker for the week was Bradley Edmonson, missionary with…
Tag: Five Minute Friday
Happy Birthday, Em
Happy Birthday sweetest daughter of mine! Thirty years ago today I became a mother. Be still my heart. Yes, I gave birth twice afterward and, of course, I love all my children. Equally. And am blessed to be called mom by all of them. My thoughts are not expressly about my beautiful…
Don’t Hide in the Tree
Zaccheus climbed the tree because of the crowd. And right there among the crowd, Jesus noticed him and called to him. Not to embarrass him. Not even to ridicule him for being a greedy tax-collector, but because He wanted to be with Him. He wanted a relationship with Zaccheus and…
Ready for the Rain
The best word to describe our weather is unpredictable. The summer was, for the most part, pleasant – with lots of lovely evenings. Low humidity and pleasant temperatures. The calendar flipped to September and, with it, came the extreme heat and highest humidity in months. The heat has been relentless. …
A Sound From Heaven
I’m sure you have been in one of those situations where a large crowd is gathered. Everyone is enjoying separate conversations – waiting for whatever event to begin. Someone steps to the front of the room but goes unnoticed. After several unsuccessful attempts of “May I have your attention please,”…
Celebrate a Loyal Companion
LOYAL – this week’s FMF prompt. My very first thought was….man’s best friend – dogs! To many, the definition of loyal lived out. Day in and day out. Then I thought my posts needed to be much more “dignified” than simply discussing dogs…which led me to a word study on the…
The Impact of Being Loved
Without a doubt, my grandparents loved me. I never doubted it. Actually, neither did anyone else (but that might be another post)! What a gift – to be so unconditionally loved. Because I was so confident in their love, it affected me. Affected and impacted my life. These are just…
A Sense of Community
Father Knows Best. Leave It to Beaver. I Love Lucy. Maybe you liked these tv shows. Maybe not. Some of you don’t even know what shows I talking about:) But these shows, in many ways, characterize my life growing up. The women that surrounded me were, well, very similar. I…
A Reason for Anniversaries
Earlier this summer, our church celebrated its 36th anniversary. It was a time to reflect on the history of the church and to rehearse all God has done through the years – bringing us from a small group of charter members meeting in a high school choir room to the…
Thirteen Birthdays
This snapshot is of a framed photo in our family room. It is years old and the quality is not excellent but it is a treasure. The bottom photo captures our Tyler’s fun, silly personality. The top one is Tyler and his friends celebrating his 13th birthday. It was a fun…
To Hear Him Say “Well Done”
It took our God six days to create everything. From nothing. Each one of those six days included a specific task and at the end of each day, God stopped, looked at what had been done and “saw that it was good.” The Bible records this multiple times. There is…
Thailand Photos
The dictionary says a vacation is: “an extended period of recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling.” I spent almost two weeks in Thailand this past month. Definitely away from home – 8,789 miles from home! It was a missions trip and there was work accomplished but, for…
