I love November. It’s the month when I met my husband, when we got married, and it has one of my favorite holidays. The other side of the November-coin is it brings colder weather, more hours of darkness than light, the end of daylight saving time – which somehow feels like losing two hours of…
Same Gift, Different Wrapping
“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.”1 Corinthians 12:4-6 NIV “We have different gifts, according to the grace given…
My Spiritual Dwelling
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” – Joshua 24:15 ”Jesus replied, ‘Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.’” – John 14:23 “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock….
Writing in the Margins
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”Romans 15:13 “Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He will give you the desires of your heart.”Psalms 37:4 I have this dream of being a…
Leaving Comparison for Contentment
”Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. For we are each responsible for our own conduct.“Galatians 6:4-5 NLT ”For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But…
30 Days of Thanks: A Yearly Gratitude Practice
Do you remember back when social media was nice and people actually shared their personal thoughts, not just links to someone else’s? Yeah, it’s been a while. One of those pleasant things that caught on in my friend circle was to post one thing you were thankful for, each day in November. It was always…
Skipping Halloween
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”Matthew 10:16 NKJV It is hard to know what to expect the first time you do something with your kids. Like scheduling them for the dentist and navigating cavities, or celebrating holidays in a way…
September Life
“Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.”Isaiah 43:18-19 NKJV I know that it’s taking this verse out of context…
Seriously Starting School
“In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.“Titus 2:7-8 NIV I am starting my first serious year of homeschooling. Last…
Different, Not Wrong
”For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.“Romans 12:4-5 NKJV ”And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.“I Corinthians 12:6…