The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Five Minute Friday – Close
Happy Friday, friends! It's that time of the week were a group of us gather to write for five minutes on a one-word prompt. This has become one of my favorite parts of my week! With no concern for grammar, punctuation, planning, etc., what spills out is real and raw...
The God Who Sees Us
"You are the God who sees me." These six words have become an integral part of my recent conversations with God. As I'm walking through the pages of Genesis this month, God has been reminding me of some life-changing lessons He taught me through Bible Study Fellowship...
This Time Next Year
This time next year I might just be an emotional mess. I'm already seeing it. A year from now will be the week our son graduates from high school. Gulp. Our youngest. How can this be? How could I have blinked, and here we are with one year left of high school??? I can...
W2W – Preparing for the Day, Physically & Spiritually
Hey, I might have something in common with the Proverbs 31 woman after all! After a few weeks of studying the account of this godly woman and her life, I've found myself learning much. Instead of comparing myself, and making myself feel bad for not being like her,...
My Grumbling Gravel-Laying Day
I love where we live. Absolutely love it. We're pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I can see in the distance to our north the town I grew up in, a field to our south, the sunrise to our east, and the sunset to our west. It's a perfect place for this girl who likes...
Washing Away The Concerns of Life
Two days at home. Focused on working diligently until my task was complete. Didn't once put a lick of makeup on. But did manage to change my clothes and run a comb through my hair. I imagine my husband and son were a little concerned, as this behavior was completely...