Learning to focus (on the right things)

It's Five Minute Friday, and the topic is: FOCUS.  Feel free to play along on your blog, or even in your own personal journal.  Write fo...

July 2012 Memories and Thanks...

Hello blog friends, I trust you had a wonderful July, and that your summer is ending well (gasp...is it really almost over?!)  I have been m...

Memories from Landing Drive...

Remembering is something that God tells the Israelites to do all throughout the Old Testament.  And don't you find it is easy to forget...

Seeing Amidst the Pain

Source I'm seeing things in a new way.  The trials, they still press in, but I'm seeing the purpose in it all (praise God, I'm f...

Choose Thankful Submission...and Restore Childlike Wonder and Joy

A reminder every morning to value our union It was Saturday afternoon, and I had had a rough morning. There was some tension between me and ...

When the Mundane Saps Your Life...and Needing a 'Gratitude Adjustment'

Source I've been feeling a little down, emotionally and physically, and the mundane has seemed well, very mundane!  My students have bot...

Good-bye and Hello

So glad to have him by my side as I say 'good-bye' and 'hello' to many things Goodbyes are hard.  And sometimes I avoid them...

Following Christ When We Think We Can't....

Several weeks ago, I accepted a job to teach a 5th-6th grade class in the fall, and am waiting for the class to be filled so I can be offere...

Knowing You Need the Forgiveness He Offers

On this day last year, I was thanking the Lord for my new husband It's Maundy Thursday and I feel unprepared for this Easter weekend.  Y...

Risking Identity for Christ-like Love

I'm re-reading The Mystery of Marriage as I think through our first year together, looking at how God has worked and how I'd like t...

Springtime Adventures

The weather is just gorgeous down here, and we've had friends and family in, doing all sorts of exploring....so I've been AWOL from ...

Cultivating Faith in the 'Good Times'

[source] Sitting at Starbucks, talking to a good friend about books, marriage, and faith, and we stumbled on an interesting topic.  I'd ...

When You Have to Pinch Yourself Because You're So Blessed

The weekend was like a photo, beautifully framed with love, sincerity, and blessings from above.  And then I read this morning from Mark 14,...

Who I Am in Christ: Justified by Grace through Faith

It was early 2005.  A series of unfortunate events, brought on by genetic chemical imbalances, this fallen world, and my own weaknesses, and...

When Disappointment Turns Us to Thanks

photo credit We woke tired this morning, after a busy but oh-so-good weekend full of new opportunities, wonderful people, and plenty of reas...

Experiencing Healing from Christ for Hard Times

Greetings, my friends and readers.  :)  I trust you are enjoying this start to the week.  I am having a rare Monday, where my list is full o...

You Know It's Love When...

....he patiently pursues you amidst many difficult circumstances ....he listens as you share, yet again, your woes ....he finds the perfect ...

The Joyful Journey

It was a sight that surprised me, this morning on the way to my last day at the boys' school.  Perhaps because I too am impatient.  The ...