Today is the beginning of Lent, a giving up, a setting aside of things for a time of seeking God more. For 40 days, we set aside temporary desires. I didn’t grow up in the tradition of Lent but I have grown to love this discipline of losing to gain. I’m not losing to manipulate … Continue reading
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Can we all just hurry up and stay focused? #FMF
Well, this week flew by! It’s already time again for Five Minute Friday with Kate and the gang. Here is where Kate gives us a word prompt and we write for 5, no real over-thinking or over-editing… just free-write and link up together at Kate’s place. If you’d like to join us, click here. Today’s … Continue reading
What I Learned in January and A Happy Birthday to Mom!
Dave nonchalantly mentioned today that we have now finished 1/12 of this year and I don’t really know how I feel about that. But now that we’ve checked off 31 days for January it’s time to link up with Emily Freeman over at Chatting at the Sky and share what we learned this month. So here we … Continue reading
When We’re Unsure and Afraid of the Dark
Matthew’s night-light went out last night. I was out of replacement bulbs and other night-lights could not be found. I grabbed the one that lit up the hallway and bathroom and placed it in his room with the following instructions. “Here’s the night-light from the bathroom. If you get up in the night use this little … Continue reading
In All Our Moments…
It’s Friday again and a full week has been lived out here in this household. It’s all part of the adventure God is working out in us and through upcoming posts it will all play out. But for now we are simply linking up with Kate and our friends over at Five Minute Friday. For those … Continue reading
When we’re not happy with where we are
It’s Five Minute Friday with Kate and friends. Each Friday, Kate gives us a word prompt and we write…it’s like a word-association game. Then we link-up and share together. If you’d like to read others or join in yourself, click here. Our word prompt today is: TIME GO I’m thankful for microwave ovens and stores down the … Continue reading
When You’re Unsure of Your Next Step
Have you ever had uncertainty and nagging questions pounding in your head with no real answer in sight? I have. Where do we go from here? Where will the help come from? Are we going to make it through this? Will we really be better on the other side of this? These questions circled through my … Continue reading
Tripping Over Typeset 