Posted in holidays, prayer, thankfulness, tagged Gratitude, Memorial Day, prayer on May 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In honor of Memorial Day, and all the brave men and women who have lost their lives fighting to protect our country.
There are no words to express my gratitude for their sacrifice, they gave their all. I am so thankful that they were willing to fight for our country, to protect the rights [...]
Posted in faith, family, prayer, tagged faith, prayer, heart for God, willingness on April 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
What does it really mean to have a heart for God? That’s a question I’m pondering tonight. Do I really have a heart for God, or am I just going through the motions, doing what’s expected of me as a Christian?
I would like to think that I am totally sold out to Him, and I [...]
Posted in life, prayer, tagged prayer, decency, family values on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday, I came home from church, had lunch, and then as usual I sat down at the computer to work on lesson plans, do research, and study for this week’s homeschooling. I found a great website that had the information I was looking for, printed it off, and then proceeded to another site. While I was waiting [...]
Posted in faith, prayer, tagged Christianity, faith, holiness, prayer, religion on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don’t hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.” - Billy Sunday
This quote was in our church newsletter this morning. When I read it I was struck by [...]
Posted in family, fun, prayer, tagged beach, family, family photo, prayer, vacation on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’re heading home to the coast tomorrow morning to visit family, we’re all packed and very excited about the trip. We haven’t been back home since last summer and we’ve really missed seeing our families. We’ll be celebrating Ashley’s mom’s birthday tomorrow when we arrive.
The weather is supposed to be nice there this week, upper 60’s [...]
Posted in family, fun, grandkids, prayer, tagged Blue Eyes, Cupcake, Drama Queen, family, Ladybug, prayer, snow, Spiderman on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s official, Natalie and Joey, our oldest daughter and son-in-love are moving. They accepted the houseparents’ position and will be working with a group of eight girls. They are thrilled that God has opened this door for them and are looking forward to ministering to these girls. They will be moving in less than two weeks to [...]
Posted in family, prayer, tagged family, ministry, prayer on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Sunday I posted about our daughter and son-in-love feeling the call of God to become houseparents for a ministry to troubled youths. Well, they are leaving tomorrow morning to go for an interview, and they are very excited. There seems to be a good possibility that this could happen for them very soon.
Cupcake and Blue Eyes [...]
Posted in faith, family, prayer, tagged faith, family, life changes, prayer on January 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My heart is heavy as I post tonight, our daughter and son-in-love came over this afternoon to talk to us about the direction God is leading them in. They feel called to become houseparents for a ministry that deals with troubled youth, and it may mean they would be moving away. I have always felt [...]
Posted in faith, prayer, tagged prayer on January 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I post tonight, our daughter-in-love’s dad is in intensive care after coming out of emergency heart surgery. He had a heart attack this past Sunday, but was home from the hospital and doing quite well when he began experiencing pain again this afternoon. He was taken to the hospital where they found there was a clot [...]
