‘Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.’ Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NIV) Most of us have to work. We are not all born with a silver spoon in our mouths, and we don’t all have trust funds to spend as we wish. Most of us don’t have ...
Read More »When Pets Attack: Spiritual Lessons Learned From Claws And Paws
“Attack!” This was what was apparently going through the mind of Sam the sugar glider as soon as the cage door opened. Not only did he have the audacity to relieve himself on me, but he was intent on sticking to me like glue. But wait, the plot thickens! My ...
Read More »The Pearl Ring
Eighty years ago, it was a gold stick pin with small diamonds on each end. My great-grandfather wore it on his lapel for special occasions. In 1954 it was made into a ring with a white pearl on top and given to my mother for her eighth-grade graduation gift. From ...
Read More »I Can’t
We moms don’t like that statement. We tell our children not to say it. We remind them of Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” But we know in our hearts how hard that is to walk out, because there’s a truth motherhood teaches well: ...
Read More »“Anything is Possible”
The boy’s father was at wits-end, was there any hope for his son? It had gone on for years, the boy’s twisting and thrashing about, so badly that he foamed at the mouth and attempted to throw himself into the home’s fireplace. He’d even come close to drowning when he’d ...
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