“I just want to be beautiful.” Not a surprising statement from a young girl just beginning to enter womanhood. My first response to her was, “a much better goal would be to be beautiful on the inside!”. I loved having the opportunity to talk to her about what the Bible says regarding beauty; that she…
All of my grandchildren love to read, and my sweet granddaughter Lucy’s favorite place to hang out at Nana and Pappy’s house is what she calls “the library”. It’s really an office, but the walls are lined with books. She loves to put on her fake reading glasses and pretend she is the librarian. She…
~~~~~”Wisdom has built her house…” Proverbs 9:1~~~~~ If you have gotten to know me through my writings, you will know that I am a woman who is a wife, mom, and nana. I am busy fulfilling the duties that my role provides me. It is not a curse, but a joy. I respectfully disagree with…
I admit it, I love jewelry. I guess I inherited it from my sweet mother who won’t go out the door without it. We might be wearing comfy clothes, but we would feel like something is always missing if we don’t have our jewelry on. As much as I love my silver and gold (and…
This is our seventh day of thirty-one days of Proverbs and we are just getting started! (You still have time to go back and catch up reading the first six chapters, or just join in today by reading Chapter 7) Chapter 7 is a little more difficult–not because it’s hard to understand, but because it…
Seeking wisdom can be a dangerous pursuit. Maybe not physically, but spiritually we must be willing to accept the truth even when it’s painful, along with the joy that comes when we find that it answers some of life’s most important questions. Let me explain. Pastor-husband shared his perspective in this way: “Looking at past…
“… let your heart keep my commands…” Proverbs 3:1 “Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.” Proverbs 3:3 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart…” Proverbs 3:5 “My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings. Don’t lose…
We are all on a journey. Traveling through time, every person has twenty-four hours in a day. 365 days in a year. If the Lord allows. Because we have no way of knowing if today is our last, our focus should be on today, recognizing that if we are given one more day or one…
Two posts in one day? I said I was going to read a Proverb a day for 31 days, so I just had to comment on Proverbs 3! I didn’t see it coming, but it sure is obvious. Proverbs 1: Seek Wisdom Proverbs 2: Wisdom’s Treasure Proverbs 3: Wisdom’s Warning God tells us to seek…
I’ve never been good at celebrating myself. I’m not sure why, really, but birthdays have always been… Awkward. Why is that? Even when it wasn’t about my age, I never liked the attention that a birthday brings. While I should be thankful for another year–another day to be alive, I focus instead on the awkwardness…
Just a quick reminder that whatever it is that you’re seeking, it all starts with desire. We can desire riches or fame or even comfort–but wisdom says, “Seek me. Search for me. I AM is the one who will guide you and guard you and rescue you.”
I’m not good at resolutions. So I’m not resolving, I’m reaffirming. I know that there are a lot of good resources out there to encourage us and inspire us. As we look to the possibilities that a new year holds, I never want any other book to be a substitute for our most important resource: …
Wealth is not just summed up by dollars and cents, but if you make more than $10K a year, you are among the wealthiest in our world. [worlddata.info] I have a dear friend that has seemed to always struggle with the thought, “Why did God bless me more than others?” She is uncomfortable in her…
Just over a year ago, my sweet mama had a stroke that left her with an impaired memory. Events of her recent past have been erased, causing her to struggle in her understanding of the present. What she does remember, though, are stories from her past that I have never heard before. The pain of…
One of the ways that I enjoy showing love is to give gifts. Not expensive gifts, but simple, thought out gifts that say to the person, “I love you” or “I am thinking of you.” My eleven grandchildren flock to me for that one piece of gum or the tic tac that Nana always has waiting…
