Take a Stand On Your Knees
By now, you’ve heard the statistics, the horror stories, the reality. Human sex trafficking is epidemic in our world. It happens in third world countries and in our own backyard. It’s mind numbingly evil. Overwhelming. Shocking. Practically paralyzing. The compulsion...
Blue Friday
My idea of "Black Friday" is blue Enjoying the peace and pondering more "thanks-giving" and this word, eucharisteo, here. Giving thanks for what I have versus what I want. Determining to live this season with more gratitude than greed and to help my family...
Thirty Days of Thanks – Day 30: Just the Beginning
let us be thankful boys and girls for eyes and ears and toes and puppies with wet noses for lessons we have learned and love we have not earned we follow the beat of amazing grace o let us be thankful boys and girls let us be thankful boys and girls for kisses on...
Thirty Days of Thanks – Day 29: Family
Tomorrow will undoubtedly be a full day . . in more ways than one. For all the preparation, we often still find ourselves caught off guard. By life. In all her beauty. And her mess. Somehow we imagine she wasn't invited to this feast. Or at least got the...
Thirty Days of Thanks – Day 28: Thanks Out Loud
It started early this morning. The mental racing, quickly followed by the emotional overwhelm. "How am I going to keep the food hot if we have to leave the house 8 hours before dinner?" "What time does Josh get home Wednesday?" "I need to get to the grocery store...
Thirty Days of Thanks – Day 27: Say “Thank You”
Say "thank you." I must have said it a thousand times. That and "say please." Not long after we teach our children to say "momma" and "daddy," to wave hello and bye-bye, we teach them to say "thank you." To give thanks. Why? Perhaps it's because we recognize how...
Thirty Days of Thanks – Day 26: Even When It Stinks
I washed my face with Eau de Stinkbug this morning. Apparently one was hiding out. When I smothered my face in a nice hot washcloth, I was greeted with his scent. I guess he didn't appreciate the steam bath I gave him. That's okay 'cuz I didn't appreciate...
