Dear friends, I want to share something with you today so urgently that was given to me.  What I have to share with you is not my meditation or musing about the new year or some other small matter of life.  No.  This is the most urgent matter in heaven and earth.  This life is [...]

My five year-old son is learning to read and write and loves practicing writing his letters. However, he really loves the letter X, saying says “Criss cross, applesauce!” when he writes an X. It is his favorite letter. I was washing dishes last night and had an extremely profound revelation. Washing dishes can be very [...]

Counting down to Christmas we now have ten days left.  I’m sure many of you are at some stage of frazzled, frustrated or just plain fizzled out.  Don’t forget during this season of business to take FIVE! First things first!  Make sure you prioritize your activities.  You are only one person, and we all have [...]

Dear Friends, today I’m pondering my sweet little boy and his special needs.  We think that our little bundle of joy energy is on the autism spectrum.  He has trouble with church, restaurants and other places where he is expected to follow rules that he cannot understand.  He has an aide at school to help [...]

Today I was thinking about what a friend Jesus is to us no matter our mood or our need.  What a friend we have in Jesus…all our sins and griefs to bear!  What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!  I was reminded of this beautiful hymn because I have two very dear [...]

Just two weeks ago, we celebrated the start of a new year. Many people rang in the new year with resolutions of various sorts. Some people resolve to lose weight. Some people want to get a better job. Others want to improve their self esteem. However, now that the first two weeks have passed, we [...]

The day the baby Jesus was born and placed in the manger, angels appeared to shepherds in the fields. Fear not they said to the shepherds and then began to praise God… Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. -Luke 2:14 Christmas 2010 is quickly approaching, and the [...]

Today, I would like to share a great resource with you.  It is Faith Deployed:  Daily Encouragement for Military Wives, from our friend, Jocelyn Green.  If you have not visited Jocelyn’s web site, we have a link right here on the page for you.  This is an excellent resource for every military spouse.  As you [...]

Today is Veterans Day or Remembrance Day depending on where you are in the world.  Today marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.  The first Armistice Day was proclaimed on November 11, 1919 by [...]

This morning I read the following statement in the daily devotional (Our Daily Bread*) that I use:  God uses ordinary people to carry out His extraordinary plan.  There are so many stories in the Bible of God using ordinary people to carry out extraordinary plans!  We never know God is going to use us in [...]

I was typing an e-mail on my cell phone recently and made an interesting typographical error. When I went back over the message to proofread it, I discovered that instead of typing the word “singing” I typed “sining” omitting the g. If I had typed in one more n in the middle I would have [...]

Today’s post is brought to you by the letter P:  Purpose, Power, Peace, Praise, and PURPLE.  Yesterday I took some time to take care of myself and have a manicure and pedicure.  I was browsing through the colors and a bright purple bottle of nail polish caught my attention.  I turned over the bottle, and [...]

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is…Psalm 63:1 When we go through famines, as we have been discussing in the Desperate Housecries Bible study, the natural instinct is to run away!  [...]

How many different roles do you fulfill in your daily life?  Are you a wife, mother, sister, friend, daughter, employee, church member (or parishioner), etc.  If you’re a mom, then you might even wear different maternal hats…nurse, counselor, teacher, police officer, confidant, etc.  God has blessed women with the ability to multitask.  We all do [...]

I had a most charming Packett from you and my young Correspondents, to day. I am very happy, to learn that you have done such great Things in the Way of paying Debts. I know not what would become of me, and mine, if I had not such a Friend to take Care of my [...]

I am an Army (National Guard) wife. My HERO (aka husband) is now approaching the end of his first deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Every day during this deployment I go to the calendar and mark off the previous day with a big X. The days go by, sometimes at a [...]

On tomorrow’s show Brother Brandt will be with us. He is going to help us find ways to be thankful and count the blessings we have instead of always looking to the next best thing. It’s easy to get caught up in moving or waiting to move or even sending our kids off to school. [...]