“Whatever was written previously was written for our instruction,that by endurance and by the encouragement of the Scriptureswe might have hope. ” Rom 15:4 This summer my husband was determined to get us all up to a mountain. I hadn’t been for several years due to an injury and I was eager to go too….
Yesterday on Pray As you go the question was; “Can I place all of my hope, all of my trust and all of my faith in God?” An image came of me sitting in the window of my childhood home. I was about 10 years old. My bedroom had a bay window and I remembered sitting on my…
I will be completely honest, I have no concept of time outside of the “to-do” list at this point. The past weekend found us hosting our annual cookie exchange and trying to celebrate Christmas with the kids in my program. My daughter returned from college and my husband completed his first semester as a professor…
***I waited to write this post until all Nutcracker performances were done lest I inadvertently send bad juju. Performances are complete and I maintain my position as a good citizen*** This is my youngest daughter during last year’s performance of the Nutcracker. This the first year in 14 years that I have not been…
“…and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, …Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” Luke 1:41, 45 I love Elizabeth. I love her simple yet incredibly profound faith. This faith which allows her to be filled with…
“And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:36 I realize that this is suppose to be approached solemnly, I do, but did you catch that second bombshell that the…
“In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.” Luke 1:26-27 In most pictures depicting the annunciation, there is an angel presence speaking to Mary,…
“Then, when his days of ministry were completed, he went home. After this time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she went into seclusion for five months, saying, “So has the Lord done for me at a time when he has seen fit to take away my disgrace before others.” Luke 23-25 I can’t help but…