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Our Teacher and Director

“This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.’” – Isaiah 48:17

What a gift we have in the Lord. When we first become Christians we might think that our new path is all about salvation. And while that is a big part of it, there is so much more. We now have a relationship with the Most High God, thanks to Jesus.

Our relationship brings many blessings through our ea...

May’s Blessings and Reminders

Hello Friends! I’m back! And I am bringing another monthly “blessings and reminders” post.

Reset

As you might know, I was offline for a few weeks. I wasn’t blogging or on social media. I tried to limit my time on email and such.

Also, my husband and I didn’t eat any snacks or desserts after dinner. We were in the habit of eating something every night. This was something I looked forward to, as though food would bring joy. I also added some sort of movement, such as Pilates, into many o...

April’s Blessings and Reminders

I’m back with another monthly “Blessings and Reminders” post. In this post I will share some of the events from the month that brought a lesson, or highlighted the goodness of God.

Clean your plate – Over the last several weeks we have been busy, juggling many tasks – doctors appointment, vet appointments for the pups, workers coming to the house, etc. It got to the point that I made a list, so we could keep everything in order. Not exactly fun, but we were glad to get each item taken care of...

The Little Foxes 🦊

Our lives contain many big moments. But the majority of our lives is filled with the small moments. Every day we have small blessings that bring us joy – beautiful sunsets, a hot cup of coffee, a good book, laughter, and so much more. Taking notice of these gifts will bring gratitude to our hearts.

But just as we have many small blessings, we also have small speed bumps that are a part of every day life. Sometimes the little bumps in the road are just normal life. (But I also believe that the...

Hold On for the Ride

Life can leave us feeling exhausted. We have ups and downs, which make us feel like we are on a roller coaster. Moment to moment. Day to day. Month to month.

I’ve recently been thinking about how when stress hits, our default is to fight in our own strength. We know we should cling to God and His strength, but doing that is not necessarily our instinct.

Even when life is stressful, we can make a decision to choose peace. We can make up our minds to keep peace in our hearts. We can hold ont...

March’s Blessings and Reminders

I’m back with another monthly “Blessings and Reminders” post. In this post I will share some of the events from the month that brought a lesson, or highlighted the goodness of God.

The first of March marked two years since I have been working from home. Over the years, I had several friends from work that moved on to different opportunities where they were working remotely. And some of them even reached out to me and offered to help me get a position with their companies. But at the time, I w...

In the Middle

After Jesus died on the cross and was buried in the tomb, we can imagine His friends and disciples felt hopeless. They had spent every day with this man. They followed Him and they learned from Him. Each day they grew in their knowledge and their relationship. Suddenly, the One they thought brought all hope was gone. Now what? Where would they go from here? What would they do next? Life as they knew it was over.

We have the privilege of knowing the whole story. We know that this time in the m...

Now to Him

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. – Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV

When disappointments and hurts come our way, it’s so easy to feel discouraged. We might feel down or angry. And sometimes we might be tempted to stop praying and turn away from God. Many will ask why God allowed the pain in our lives. Too often, humans tu...

God’s Goodness Doesn’t Run Out

You might recall that during our Gratitude Challenge in November, with each post I shared a picture of the sunset that I had taken. It was fun and meaningful to include God’s artwork, as we focused on gratitude and God’s goodness.

Well, every few months I will get an email saying my iCloud storage is almost full. Apple kindly gives me an option to pay for more storage. Personally, I don’t like the idea of paying for them to store my data. So when this happens, it means it’s time to clean up m...

Perfect Peace in His Presence

Many years ago I remember someone asking me what I wanted in life. My answer was peace. They didn’t like my answer. I’m not sure why, but perhaps this person was looking for something tangible like a certain job, a family, or success.

In my opinion, peace seems like something everyone would want. Peace in our relationships, peace in our jobs, peace in our hearts, peace with God.

Unfortunately, we will have tribulations in this world, as Jesus said in John 16:33. But in the same verse, Jesu...