Are You An Observer Or Preserver?

We want to thank you for all of the messages, emails, cards, and hugs as we continue to walk through this journey of grief and healing – especially in remembering our babies birthdate. Each one of them has brought much comfort and peace, knowing we do not walk alone. Getting away last Friday was what…
We have developed a completely new vocabulary, living with a toddler. One that usually makes no sense to anyone else but us, yet a vocab that has taught me far greater than new words. Let me share just a few: Sup-pa = pizza Amen = when she’s done reading a book gawk = milk George…
Have you ever had it where you knew something was coming up or that you had to do something, but kept putting it off in hopes that the problem would just solve itself? That would be me and my heart failure. I make the grave mistake of thinking I can do this, when in reality,…
This Christmas will always be etched in my heart. When I think about what Christ’s birth has done to my life, I realize that it was his birth, death, and resurrection that gave me hope, while lying on that operating table. It was those very events that played through my mind, wondering if they would…
When I sit back and think about ministry, there is a lot to think about. I sit back and think wow, God chose US to be in youth ministry? It’s really a humbling concept. Dan and I will be sitting on the couch and think wow, this is our life – this is the life…
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. {Psalm 37:4} Yesterday I shared about what brought us to Minnesota, the journey it was to get there, and the people we came as. We came to Minnesota not knowing fully what we needed. We came broken and even more…
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I really appreciate how you brought the preserve part of the Sabbath into the equation. I had never thought of it that way but it is so
important.
And that’s the part I can so easily forget about! Observing vs. preserving! So thankful for the day God has given us!
I love the part that say, “not going your own way…”. It’s the spending time connecting with Him where we truly find Joy and rest! Thank you for this beautiful reminder!
I can so easily go my own way in thinking that what I need to get done is more important! But I’m thankful God gives us so many reminders in Scripture of how to respect and preserve the Sabbath! Thank you for your comment bc you are EXACTLY right, that is where joy and rest are found!