Oh Holy Night is probably my favorite hymn of all time. It is usually only sung during the Christmas season, but it’s message is timeless. This Christmas I am singing with a small group in my Church and this is one of the songs we are preparing for our Christmas program. I was humming the tune and …
It was just an ordinary evening. Emma was in bed for the night and I just sat down to rest when I got the news. Bryan had been hurt in training. I didn’t know the details outside of knowing that he was in surgery. I found myself at that moment standing and looking at a finish line. The finish line …
Sometimes comforting a hurting or distressed person can be uncomfortable. Even when we have faced the same trial ourselves, it can still be hard and unsettling. I think this is where certain overused phrases are born. Out of a sincere desire to help and encourage we find a phrase or two we are comfortable uttering. We slowly build a small …
Military wives and military mothers have a reputation for being tough and tenacious. These characteristics come in helpful when we are facing deployments, separations and the demands of life, and provide for us a patchwork robe of dignity in very stressful times. They can also be to our detriment when we pride ourselves in them instead of remembering …
I love revisiting Books of the Bible I have studied before. If you go into scripture searching you will most certainly find a treasure! I know the Spirit is at work in us and as He transforms us by the renewing of our minds the Word’s meaning grows deeper and wider. It truly is a life spring and a well …
Finding time to study scripture everyday is a vital part of the Christian life, but it is also the one thing that tends to get left off of our busy agendas first. I am a busy woman myself! I once had a friend ask me, “Have you ever heard the acronym “B.U.S.Y.” Being Under Satan’s Yoke?” Ouch! Don’t let …