He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you […]
ap·pre·ci·a·tion
(uh-pree-shee-ey-shuh-n) noun 1. gratitude, thankful recognition 2. the act of estimating the qualities of things and giving them their proper value 3. clear perception or recognition (Thanks to dictionary.com for these insightful definitions.) The fact is, there just aren’t beautiful definitions for the precious words gratitude or thankfulness. The phrase, “the act of being thankful” […]
Meditation Monday – In Everything Give Thanks: Put it in Context
We have this tendency as human beings to focus so much on one thing that we miss the bigger picture. At least I do. I’m not talking about blocking out distractions. Distractions make us lose our focus, and they need to be blocked out. However, just as with anything else in life, we have to […]
Five Minute Friday – Grow
I knew it would happen. I knew from the second that I discovered your existence you would grow. I enjoyed it so much from that instant. The first time I felt you flutter within my womb, I nearly cried and laughed simultaneously. As you grew into my rib cage and kicked me […]
Making Thanksgiving Count
Source Do you ever feel like a holiday just comes and goes without you even realizing it? If you could just take another couple of days to prepare yourself for what it is and what it means, you’d feel much more fulfilled when it was over rather than remorseful that you just missed all of […]
Meditation Mondays – Persevere
I’ve spent a lot of time going through the motions of doing the right things (like reading my Bible every day) and going to the right places (like church three times a week). These weren’t lost years of my life, for I learned important things and met wonderful people, nor do I plan to stop […]
Advent Activities – Part 2: Our 2011 Advent Activity List
To see my design ideas (okay somebody else’s ideas I swiped from Pinterest) for this year’s advent calendar and to get the rest of my back story to this advent activity list, click here. Here’s what you should know before you get too excited about an elaborate list of activities. It’s not elaborate. It’s based […]
Advent Activities – Part 1
I’m excited to begin celebrating the Christmas season with Little Man, whom I have decided should be called Dash from now on because of his incredible speed. Christmas has become more and more special to me each year since becoming a mother, but this year is really the first year that Dash will be joining […]
Minestrone
I remember the glorious day that my mom made minestrone for the first time. I believe it was somewhere in the middle of my high school years that she came across the recipe and thought, “Why not give it a try?” Since that day that my taste buds first experienced the comforting flavors of this […]
Guarding my Mind
Over the course of this year, I’ve participated in Living Proof Ministry Blog‘s Siesta Scripture Memory Team. That involves memorizing two verses per month, one staring on the first and the next starting on the fifteenth of each month. I had already started working on another memory verse as of a couple of days ago, […]