“Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” ~ Proverbs 19:20-21 These two verses are on the inside front cover flap in the book I bring us today.We […]
Twelve of My Favorite Books I Read in 2020
As the last few days of 2020 countdown, I’m sharing twelve of my favorite books I read this year. Reading is growing. I’ve seen these three words in some posts and I liked the truth, thought, and reminder of them. I want to be a life-long-learner and reading is part of it.I appreciate books because […]
His Name Is Holy
Luke 1:46-50 ~ “And Mary said:My soul praises the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, because He has looked with favor on the humble condition of His servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed, because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and […]
Twelve Things Which Brought Me Delight in 2020
Grabbing a pen, I jot a list.Lists are a great tool for processing, for gratitude, for soulful introspection, for recalling the good, for memories, for hopes and dreams.The list of good lists is, well, quite a list! 🙂 No denying this year’s been different. But no denying there’s still been a whole heap of good […]
Hope Infused Music
Three of my favorite musicians/groups: Andrew PetersonCasting CrownsMercy Me Here’s the commonality they share ~ They sing real. They speak authentic words. They talk about worry and struggles and fears. They tell of doubt, even despair. They acknowledge life, and how it hurts and happens and hurls hard things at our heads. Then they press […]
Of Children and Cookies and Such
As I walked through our snow-powdered woods the other day, I began to muse about a few of my favorites and create a mental list in my head. I’d baked cookies and was thinking of books. Children’s books, in particular. I had to chuckle as I noticed a connecting thread running through it all. Here’s […]
Hope Come to Us
Seeking God. Sitting with Him. Considering the Word made flesh. Wrapped right up in baby form. Hope come to us. Innocent. Needy. Vulnerable. Helpless. Completely reliant on a mother and a father for feedings and changings and bundling and snuggling and singing over. He who sings over us, cooed up at his mama as she […]
Little Mole’s Christmas Gift
This Thursday brings us a super sweet book with a great big lesson in generosity and kindness. Little Mole’s Christmas Gift.Little Mole has found the absolutely perfect Christmas gift for his dear mama. But as he makes his journey home, he encounters his woodland friends who need a helping hand until his gift for mama […]
Wherein We Have Our Christmas Blessing Cash Giveaway 2020
It’s time for our sixth Christmas Blessing Giveaway. I’m delighted to join in with other women and bloggers to bring a cash giveaway as a gift and blessing to one of our readers during this Christmas season. Participating Bloggers:Woman to Woman Ministries http://w2wministries.orgJenifer Metzger http://jenifermetzger.orgKatie Hornor http://katiehornor.comHomeschooling Dietitian Mom http://homeschoolingdietitianmom.comA Delightful Glow http://adelightfulglow.comGROUNDED Ministry http://groundedministry.comMama’s […]
Listen + Light
As I ponder and praise Jesus’ coming as a baby, the coming of Christmas this year, and His return at the end of the age, here are a few ways, words, melodies, and moments lighting my life with hope and peace and gratefulness and reflection during December and Advent. 1. Lighting a candle on my kitchen island […]
The Hope of Further Up! Further In!
We awoke to the most gorgeous blanket of snow we’ve seen on our Kansas plains in a long while. Cedar branches powdered, porch posts piled, and my round outside table blanketed. I gazed in awestruck admiration out my front window. Venturing to the basement door, I flung it open for a few frosty pictures. Retreating […]
When Hope Is Long In Coming
There’s a beautiful batch of snowflakes filtering down outside my window this afternoon. They make me unabashedly happy. Big, glorious flakes of snow aren’t entirely common for my part of Kansas. It’s a bit like living in a snowglobe. The snow spells out Christmas, Advent, and cozy all swirled together. As I’m contemplating hope during […]
Hope Everlasting
A tear trickled down her cheek, past her nose, leaving a wet streak from tear duct to chin. The heaviness had been hovering, edging nearer until it draped around her like a dark suffocating blanket. Loneliness mocked and voices of inadequacy sniveled in derisive, biting anger. She shivered despite the stifling weight flung around her […]
Christmas Under the Stars and Behold by Lauren Daigle
As November ends and December turns up on our calendars, I’m anticipating the Christmas season and HOPE! Hope is my focus word for this Advent season. Christmas and Jesus, the baby in the manger, is hope come to earth. What a gift! I have a playlist mix of Christmas songs and hymns on my iPod. […]
Lilla Rose Aurora Flexi Giveaway + Black Friday Sale
It’s Thanksgiving and turkey and pie and shopping and gratefulness and almost Advent and savoring the season of the birth of Jesus. A simple gratitude list for me today holds: waking up to God frosting our farm with a light snowfall while we slept pulling piecrusts out of my freezer adding shelves to our storeroom […]
Holy Land Illustrated Bible
I’m a homebody much, much, much of the time. I deeply love and appreciate cozy home. Thus, I’m not a world traveler nor have ever aspired to become one. Still, I do have a list of places I’d love to visit and Israel is one of them. On this note, I’m happy to announce……….. ToDaY, […]
Beautiful Word Coloring Bible For Girls
As the calendar counts off the days in November, I’ve been counting gratefulness AND I’ve been anticipating Christmas. As I anticipate, I’ve been contemplating the HOPE Christmastime represents. If I were asked to describe the season in one word, that would be the word right now. Christmas embodies hope.Christmas gives the best gift by offering […]
