I thought this pitcher of grape juice looked so pretty. As I watched the juice pour in a stream into the pitcher the words of this song played into my mind and then fell from my lips in song…{although I couldn’t recall all the words. 🙂 } Would you be poured out like wine upon […]
The Year Begins
Eight days into the new year of 2014. We were able to spend Christmas with my family in Ohio and had a good time. Everyone stayed pretty healthy! Tucker started to get a cold and cough a couple of days before we headed home. We didn’t have stomach flu, and for that I am eternally […]
Quotes and Inspiration
Happy New Year! I’ve compiled a little list of quotes and inspiration I like. I’m not sure where many of them even originate from. They aren’t original with me; they simply inspire me. Some come from Pinterest boards. Some do have a name attached to them. They all inspire or bring a chuckle! 1. […]
Christmas Joy
All the bells, all the balls, All the pretty colored walls, White, green, red and blue, Joyful colors for me and you! Christmastime is finally here, Such an awesome time of year! We play in snow that’s sparkly white, Sit by the fire when it’s night. Laughs and jokes and cookies too, There’s […]
Mary’s Ponderings and Praise
She held her newborn baby And she gazed upon His face, His little nose, His tiny ears, His cheeks her fingers traced, His thatch of hair, His baby hands, She snugged him up so tight, And noticed how the stardust, Shone around Him, ah, so bright! She wondered at the miracle, This miracle of birth, The […]
The Baby in the Manger
GAZING AT THE BABY IN THE MANGER I want to see the baby in the manger, yes, I do, I want to gaze upon him with a child’s eyes and view, I want to see him all wrapped up in his swaddling clothes, I want to gaze upon his little fingers and his toes, I want […]
Savoring Trust
I watch the steam rising from the cup. I savor the smell. Hot chocolate with a splash of coffee. I warm my hands as I wrap them around the outside of the mug. It’s cold outside and it’s a gray day and darkness creeps in earlier than usual. The candle I lit in the morning […]
Thankful Thursday 3
The God of harvest praise, With loud thanksgiving raise, Hand, hearts, and voice, The valleys laugh and sing, Forests and mountains ring, The plains their tribute bring, The streams rejoice. This song comes to mind every time we are in the fields harvesting the grains and crop. It’s so beautiful and it captures the […]
Thankful Thursday 2
Take time to be holy, Speak oft with Thy Lord, Abide in Him always, And feed on His Word. Wait thou in His presence, Submissive and meek, Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek. William Dunn Longstaff Today I’m thankful for: the beauty in so many things around me the gleaming rays of sunshine […]
Down a Dirt Road
I grew up in the country. Unless you ask my husband. He says we didn’t live in the country. There were too many houses around. Not country, Kansas style, but for the east, it was country to us. I lived along a back road. A narrow, paved road. It was home. When I got married […]
Truth Reigns! {Five Minute Friday}
John 14:15-17 “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will […]
Walking in the Hard Places
In the last several years there have been good events and blessings flow through my life and there have been some very hard, I-never-expected this things that have happened. Things that hurt and leave me feeling vulnerable. Things that bring tears and make my heart break for others. Places I never would’ve chosen to walk […]
Write {Five Minute Friday}
I’m not a writer, persay, but I write. Here on this blog, over the last couple of years, I’ve posted pictures and journaled and talked about random details and mused about life and rejoiced in simple everyday things. My mumble-jumble of words strung together to voice feelings, emotions, beliefs. Simple writings. Bits and pieces here […]
She {Five Minute Friday}
She tells me about the book she’s reading and her eyes sparkle and she laughs at one of the funny antics of the character. She tells me about the kinship she formed with Pat when she read that Pat always hated her new clothes fiercely for a few weeks and then turned around and loved […]
Mercy {Five Minute Friday}
I’m joining Lisa-Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday… Undeservedness. Unselfishness. Kindness and compassion. Mercy causes these words to pop into my head. All qualities that I want invading and pervading my life and touching others from inside of me. All things that I feel like I fail in time and time again. And again. And […]
Laugh More
It hit me this morning. It’s so easy to fall into routine and life and to-do lists. Life has bumps and frustrations and stresses. Even if some of them we bring on ourselves unnecessarily. Even if some of them are put upon us and we have no choice in them. Sometimes life doesn’t feel fun […]
