The sign brought incredulous joy to a group of magi prone to star-gazing. Boldly making its presence known in the black night, the star danced beautifully before their eyes. This was peace on earth. Joy to the world. The wise men had been watching and waiting. Perhaps the eldest took…
I am loving our current series: Grace is for Giving! I certainly hope you are as well. Â In this series, we first spoke of the beginning of grace; then in the second week,we discussed how grace saves and more. Comparatively, the first post focused on God giving grace to us…
Less than one month from now, the Christian world celebrates the holy birth of Jesus, the Savior of the world. While that is definitely a big, no HUGE deal, it’s so easy to get caught up in the hurry and scurry of the season, thereby losing focus on the true…
She had been fussing most of the morning, this sweet baby girl of mine. The morning had consisted of cuddling and holding and playing and… Mama found herself trying to get something accomplished. So though the precious, sick baby still whimpered, I determined to lie her down. And after just…
As sure as John 3:16 tells us God gave, the Bible is equally clear that we are saved by God’s grace. That is what grace does- grace saves. “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,”…
Friday is a day for our family to have the opportunity to spend quality time together and I’m pumped! We’re still working on the details of exactly how much eating and hanging out we’re going to do, but it will be fun and fabulous regardless. I have a feeling a…
Thanks for reading the blog and all the great participation around the year! I couldn’t let the day go by without letting you know how very grateful I am for each of you who read and encourage on this site. This year, I’m so very thankful that God has blessed…
Since we are so close to the beginning of the holiday season, today I thought you’d enjoy seeing this sweet little Bible, My Christmas Bible Storybook. How many Precious Moments fans are here? Yep, I see those hands. Precious Moments characters have always held a special place in my heart…
Welcome to week 1 of Grace Is For Giving: a 5 weeks series with blogger linkups. Did you ever ponder where grace began? That grace of God we wholeheartedly sing about, amazing and sweet. That grace John Newton carefully penned will one day lead us home to Heaven. The grace…
We’re quickly approaching the busy holiday season! Â Holidays are wonderful, but sometimes we complicate them a bit, don’t we? Â And then occasionally, we simply don’t have the time to do all the preparation for major details. Today I’ve crafted a streamlined list of 8 Simple Ways to Have a Memorable…
Have you ever had a time when  you made a mistake, but you weren’t even aware of it? Tonight I discovered a problem with someone that I honestly didn’t know I had.  I hate that I hurt this person- I never intended to.  And as I’ve been reflecting on the…
So glad to see you back for this last week of the Hope for Hurting Hearts series!  If you’ll click over to the Hope for Hurting Hearts  page, you’ll find all the links for the series. This week the Holy Spirit seemed to be whispering to me, “Write about the…
