ONE SIMPLE JOY. There are millions. Putting on a washed pair of socks. Eating a slice of your favorite pie. Sipping your favorite coffee. Making your favorite meal. Reading your favorite book. Driving to your favorite destination. Putting on your favorite perfume. Using your favorite body wash. The list is endless! Mine? Lights. Specifically Christmas…
Thanksgiving is a time for reflection. There is a sign that hangs in our dining room that says, “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” Note that it doesn’t say getting “this” item will turn what we have into enough. It’s not proposing that getting MORE will make us grateful. It’s not getting what we…
I LOVE this question! What is ONE thing you look forward to in the future? Aren’t the options endless? Let your mind sit here for a minute. What are you eager to witness? For me, I am eager to see where God leads our daughter in life. I see gifts that God is developing within…
If you have ever done a Bible study by Priscilla Shirer, you know the power and wisdom with which she speaks! I have done a couple of her Bible studies and have been blown away by each one of them. But I had yet to read one of her books! When “I Surrender All” came…
Life is all about seasons. Some feel more like the gloomy days of winter, while others feel like the perfection of a sun-kissed summer day. I would say since we moved back to Michigan in 2017, it has at times, felt like some long years of winter. If it isn’t my heart, it’s cancer. This…
Memories of sitting at a desk, seeing a journal prompt written on a chalkboard, overhead, and then whiteboard, so vividly fills my mind. Pulling open the cardboard cover a new journal, seeing a blank, fresh, white piece of paper lay before me, waiting to be filled with dreams, thoughts, possibilities, and convictions. Strangely I eagerly…
