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February 22, 2017
Family
Family came to mind yesterday as I placed heirloom amber dishes in my cupboard. The more I studied these dishes collected and preserved to the fourth generation, they became symbolic of family lineage. “You won’t want all of it,” my mother assured me when I picked up the first set of boxes last weekend. Notice […]
February 20, 2017
Faith
Faith found me on the red stairs of the first home I remember. I looked up at the slanted ceiling and asked Jesus into my heart. No one walked me through the process. I knew confession, asking, and believing were the keys I needed to enter His presence forever. Have I wavered in my faith? […]
February 10, 2017
Excellence
What is excellence? What image comes to mind when you consider it? Go ahead. Close your eyes. Picture it. I admit it took me awhile to come up with an image. Then it became obvious. Wake up. That’s it?! That’s it. We cannot accomplish anything in life until we wake up so we can do […]
February 8, 2017
Enlightenment
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:9 NIV Blessed is the one who does not […]
February 7, 2017
Education
Nearly ten years ago, my husband and I came to the conclusion that we needed to home educate our children. It was not a snap decision. In fact, I had been considering it for a year before my husband decided to join me at a seminar for inquisitive parents. We attended our first homeschool convention, […]
February 6, 2017
Experiences
I know how you feel. Hmmm… Rarely, if ever, do two people experiencing the same moment together experience it the same way. Ask anyone who has gone on a first date. So, to hear someone say, I know how you feel causes instant skepticism in my mind. For example, I have several dear friends with […]
Dreams
Dreams. They cause us to invest in schemes of often-fruitless endeavors. We wake up from them in a foggy muddle to face their opposite. Reality. Yet, we still have them. We want them. Maybe we even need them. Is it wrong to dream? Should we believe in our dreams? No is the answer to both […]
February 3, 2017
Discovery
Discovery. What’s the first image that pops into your mind? An artifact found in a previously unexcavated city? A lost treasure in the last place you searched? Information on the Internet? Evidence for an unproven case? With discovery, we often feel excitement, relief, wonder, and vindication. Yet, with the truth of these, we can also […]
February 1, 2017
Direction
Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. Joshua 1:7 NASB I took my dogs for a rare afternoon walk on […]
January 31, 2017
Destiny
What is my destiny? Many people wonder. It becomes an obsession for some to figure it out. We especially wonder about it when bad things happen to us that cannot be explained, that seem cruel, and that are unfair. Perhaps what we should ask first is What is destiny? That to which any person or […]
