My oldest daughter is a peacemaker. Her first grade teacher told me so. And, it’s true. She seeks peace and strives for it. To have friends or family at odds with one another grieves her. I mean, it really troubles her. Like it should trouble me. Because we are all meant to be peacemakers, aren’t we? After all, we follow the Prince of Peace. As his people, we should be the ...
Faith
Anybody need to feel refreshed?
I have to confess something. I hoard my energy. Seriously. If you ask me to do something, I will do mental math computations to determine whether I have the energy to do what you ask and still do everything else that having four kids requires. Sorry. It’s just true. Still, the mental math does not always win. It can’t. Because some things are more important than my ...
FMF: Care
Do you ever feel like no one cares? The friend who forgets to return your call.... The kids who pour milk all over the floor you just mopped.... Your husband.... Your pastor.... All the people who you'd like to just notice.... Notice that you're tired. Notice that you're trying. Notice that you need to talk to someone older than 18. But they don't ...
If the harvest is ready, we must wake up.
Reading along in Proverbs 10, I came across a little something that just grabbed my heart and has stayed on my mind. Proverbs 10:5 says, “He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.” From the context, I think the writer was talking about laziness and hard work, but y’all, the last bit of that verse has implications far beyond that ...