The Sobering Effect of Another Year-End…

It’s the end of another year. And it is time to look back and see what the year has brought us. The good and the bad. Watch this video from John Piper below. Hopefully it will help you ask yourself some important questions. The Sobering Effect of Another Year-End. Happy New Year! I wish everyone a wonderful 2012!

A Not-So Merry Christmas…

Our Christmas came around with not-so ideal circumstances. It was filled with snotty and stuffed noses, sore throats, barf, tantrums, many tears, no sleep and extreme fatigue. All of us except for Lucy experienced this. Christmas was not what I wanted it to be. I spent a month and half preparing for a day that….just….never came.

My Soul Magnifies The Lord…

Well, it is two more sleeps until Christmas! Whether we are ready for it or not, the day is upon us. I will probably not write again until after Christmas as the next few days are going to be filled with cooking, cleaning, friends and family. But I pray everyone will have a joyful holiday!

He Dwells With Us…

In 1 Kings 8 Solomon brings the Ark of the Covenant into the now-complete Temple. Then he gives a prayer of dedication in honor of this momentous occasion. The presence of the Lord would now reside in the Temple. This was a historic moment for the Israelites and everyone there would have known it. Especially Solomon.

Security In Uncertain Times…

This decrepid looking airplane above is my son’s toy. Yes, the wings amongst other things have fallen off and it is looking rather grim. But this dollar store toy at one time was Ben’s treasure. He would not go to sleep without it. When it went missing I would ferociously look for it in fear that

Wives, Don’t Neglect Your Husbands…

Need a marital boost? Think of your spouse above yourself today. Wives, put yourself in the shoes of your husband. Ponder the pressures he may be feeling. And then act accordingly. I need reminders like these to love my husband better, and today I got a reminder like this from a blog post called 5 ways wives

Just Blame Satan…

Job is one of those books of the Bible that I read in awe. The list of lessons I can learn from this book is never-ending. It teaches us how to mourn and that grief is okay. It teaches us how and how not to help people along in there mourning and how and how not to question God. It

Decorations…

I thought I would just post some pictures of my house in its current decorated state.  Happy Sunday to you all!

Favorite Things: Christmas Edition…

Here it goes in no particular order (all favorite things shown in picture collage above): 1) Christmas Music: I have 4 CD covers shown above. It was hard to choose just a few, I wish I could do them all. Anyway I love Selah’s Rose Of Bethlehem, the classic Christmas With Bony M, Jars Of Clay’s

A One Year Old Bundle….

My daughter officially turned one today! In a way it feels like it has always been the four of us. She fit right into the family circle perfectly. Just as I knew she would. I remember that first look I had with her, which Chris happened to snap a shot of (displayed above). It was