It was a few years ago and I was on my way home from a family get-together. It was late, and since my husband had shown up after work he had his own car. Our daughter as usual chose to ride with her dad. So there I was driving behind them on a country road near our home when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I’m always on the...
I’d known him since birth. 14 years of watching his reactions both to praise and to discipline had helped me decide the best way to guide and direct him to become the man that God had planned for him to be from the foundation of the world.
My husband and I had always believed in teaching this mild-mannered, deeply-caring individual the...
We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Read the first chapter of 1 Thessalonians and you get a real sense that Paul considers the church in Thessalonica to be nearly a model congregation. In...
See that tagline above. I wrote that long before I knew how appropriate it would be. It’s been a walk of faith since we moved to Texas nearly 2 years ago. Nothing seems to have come to us except through faith. Sometimes unwavering faith. Sometimes wavering.
His lessons have not been lost on me and I see God’s hand in each and...
You end up missing important moments, like your niece’s wedding. I wish money grew on trees. I’d probably remember to water one of those.
Read MoreWaiting
I’m not really that good at it. Waiting, that is. It took a day and a half for the bank to counter offer and an hour for us to counter their’s. That was on Friday afternoon just before close of business and so we wait. I’ve managed to convince myself that I don’t care either way now. Whether we get this house or another one it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that we begin our new life in the house that God...
Read MoreHouse Hunting
Most of my house hunting over the last eleven years has basically taken place on the couch while browsing realtor.com. I’ve dreamed of the day the Lord would be so gracious as to give us our own home again. And while most of it has been just dreaming in those years we’ve also come extremely close to owning again. We did everything possible in our own power to stop renting and to start owning. (Yes, I am aware of how terrible...
Read MoreWe Survived the Move
I had high hopes that when I wrote my first post with information about our move from Wisconsin to Texas it would be filled adjectives that described pure joy and excitement over our new home. Instead you may notice a few synonyms to the word “confused.” I should probably start with the things that don’t befuddle me though, like the Texas weather for instance. It is just about 100 degrees outside as I type this and...
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