The Devil’s Workshop
I don’t like giving the enemy any headlines. But I sensed I needed to blatantly warn my readers to “KEEP OUT” of the devil’s workshop! Proverbs 16:27 says: “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece.” I read those words and had to perform open heart surgery on myself; rather, look in…
What Can We Do with What We Have?
Excuses. That’s what we have when we’re too short, too tall, too big, too little, too tired, too young, too old…to accomplish this or to do that. You get what I mean! It’s no secret that I’m a reality show junkie. I particularly enjoy the ones that display die-hard athletes who push themselves to the…
Let the Dead Leaves Fall
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!I decorated for Christmas before Thanksgiving — mainly because I would soon head out for East Texas for our family celebrations. I wanted my Christmas décor out and displayed when I arrived back home. I clearly didn’t skip over Fall because I saw it in all its glory yesterday as I made my…
Lessons from a Pumpkin Patch
I just heard the K-Love DJ talking about the pumpkin his little guy picked out at the pumpkin patch. It seems that pumpkin patches price their pumpkins by the pound and this little guy picked out a pumpkin that cost the DJ dad $62. He didn’t have the heart to get a smaller pumpkin, so…
Being Tweakable
I am ever grateful that I am no longer the shy and timid girl that I was growing up. No longer do I avoid crowds, parties, and situations that would cause me to HAVE to interact with people. Now, I am so confident of who I am – not by just how I feel about…
The Truth About Our Identity – The Finale
From SHE – Girls Night Out and the preceding blogs preceding this one. 5. Everyone must discover their identity. How did you encourage your kids and support your husband in finding their identity in Christ? That’s a good question. Honestly, my husband and I, both set the example in finding our family’s identity. We got…
AnxIous? Try the “We” Partnership
Notice the letter in the middle of the word “anxious”? It’s an I. When I am solely handling MY affairs, when I am the one in charge, when I rely on myself for the outcome of MY decisions and plans, then I can easily get ANXIOUS about every-thing! I often fail to remember this walk…
I Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
You know those words: “I should have done that but”, “I would have been that but” or “I could have gone there but…..” Should — Would — Could are words I’ve determined to get out of my vocabulary this year because they represent the past and that past is behind me AND they represent hesitation…
Are You Buff, Toned, and Muscle-Bound?
Me? No! My grandsons? Oh. My. Soul. They are muscular hunks. The oldest is a body builder and competes at an extreme level. And the youngest two spend one to two hours a day in the gym. They are athletes and working out is a regimen that gives them confidence and super athletic abilities. And…
Being a DIY Underachiever…..or Not
Let’s be honest – we’d all like to be that husband/dad/man who can build or fix just about anything. And, in the female species, the gal who is incessantly on FB or Instagram touting their latest, successful DIY project. I’m Joanna Gaines in my dream world. My daughter and her husband amazed me when their…