More Than Ordinary
Recently we were at a birthday for some friends of ours and at the church there were a few slides for the kids. The shorter one Mazy went down right away, as long as I was right there to catch her at the bottom. It was just a straight down slide; nothing fancy. Then there…
Thursday, May 16, 2013. The day our babies were to be born. We will always wonder and remember. We Wonder… We wonder why so soon? God reminds us that time is not in our hands. We wonder why both? God reminds us, He is the Author of life. We wonder why not just a glimpse of…
This morning on my daily run/walk, I could hear the birds just singing away – then came a mighty semi going full speed, washing out the sound of singing. As the semi passed, I couldn’t help but think that is sometimes how one thought can completely change the “sound” of the day. Yesterday I talked…
I love the idea of simple. I love it so much that 8 years ago, I started an organizing blog called, “Organizing Life With Less.” I ran with the idea and even though it took off, it had become something not-so-simple. The requests for sponsored posts and advertisements were sending me into an un-simple life…
More lessons learned… Something I have been more and more convicted of in the last few months and especially after returning from Belize, is how we take some truths in the gospel to be “gospel” and other truths to just be “suggestions.” If we believe that the Bible is absolute truth, then why do we sometimes…
This past week has been quite busy as we have had the opportunity to help with the Minnesota West SERVE at a local CRC. We have always had a passion for SERVE because I had gone to 3 when I was in high school (2 at the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph SERVE that Dan’s dad ran…