Have you ever thought about yourself as a complainer? If you are honest then you know if you are. I used to think that was my gift because I was so good at it. Actually, if I am honest I am kind of an expert at complaining. However, a long time ago, I was devastated…
I know I’m a little late, but as a busy mom I am sure most of you reading this can relate. It has been a whirlwind of a couple of weeks. Our youngest just graduated high school. Our middle daughter finished her second year of college and just got an apartment, which needs furnishing. Throw…
What is that? How does Joy and obedience go in the same sentence? Especially if you add in the word Raw? What do you think of when you hear the word Obedience? Rules, laws, oppression, enslavement? Or do you think of boundaries, safety nets. Security and love? For all of you parents out there you…
Obedience. If you are like me that word can bring to mind feeling like a child, or that I don’t have a say in what is happening. It is a word that has always had a somewhat negative connotation around it and has admittedly sparked a little defiance in my mind and heart at times….
I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joyDown in my heart (Where?!?)Down in my heart (Where?!?)Down in my heart! I remember singing that song growing up, especially at Vacation Bible School, and I loved it. We got to sing loudly and exuberantly! I didn’t know as an adult that sometimes I would again ask “Where?” when…
Penny has been writing a series of blogs about change, and I have continued working on ones about ways we experience living in the Spirit. While riding the bus from Israel to Jordan, God put it on my heart to add my two cents (pun intended) to the series on change. If you are like…
I’ve been looking at the multifaceted aspects of change. What new change in your journey are you embarking on? For me I know I am flipping the pages to a new, exciting, maybe daunting at times, chapter. Kristen and I are now into our 6th day of pilgrimaging to Israel, and what an adventure it…
What happens when “Change” is forced on you? Especially difficult, hard, unpleasant change? I said earlier that I am one who not only likes and welcomes change, but…mostly if it is on my terms and I am the one in control of that change. No one likes unexpected, difficult change that we have NO control…
