I have to admit that I haven't had much "Christmas Spirit" this year. I just haven't been "in the mood." There's so much to do, and I'm already so tired. (Did I mention we followed the stomach virus with an ear infection?) I finally finished decorating but can hardly enjoy the decorations for the knowledge that I'm going to have to take them all down again. I haven't truly enjoyed cooking ...
Faith
Thursday’s Thoughts: Home is where the heart is….
This one's for you, Genny... Magnolia leaves cover my mantle. Garland and lights festoon my front door. Nativity scenes from all over the world are spread all over the house. Christmas cookies sit, waiting to be served. Ornaments sparkle on artificial trees. Stockings hang empty, waiting. As a song once said, "There's no place like home for the holidays." And, there's nothing quite ...
More than the thought counts….
Three years ago, my family was busy getting ready....not for Christmas...but for a trip to the other side of the world. Vaccines? Check! Passports? Check! Anti-Malarial Medicine? Check, Check, Check! We were stepping out on faith and taking our two-year-old daughter to Kenya with us. Everyone we knew thought we were crazy. Our parents threatened to kidnap her and keep her here, but we ...
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. Proverbs 25:24-26
It was one of those things...those GOD things. The other day, I was with my sister at her daughter's tumbling class and ran into a friend I haven't seen in years and never dreamed I'd see there. She was watching her granddaughter tumble...or at least she was before I came along. We talked for an hour, and what an encouragement it was! What an encouragement she was! She brought news of friends ...