Rejoice with Those that Rejoice ~The Problem with Social Media
Social media can feel like a competition, or a time suck, and there are a dozen good reasons to take a break from it or leave it all together. However, there is one common reason that I feel is a...
View Article30 Days of Thanksgiving
November 28 is the day our nation recognizes as a day of thanksgiving. In a land so richly blessed as America, 1 day out of 365 seems rather insignificant. However, we can make everyday a day of...
View ArticleFamily ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 2
Family: 11 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the ungeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and they mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. (Faith...
View ArticleGrandparents ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 3 +linkup
While we are on the subject of being thankful for family, let’s look a little closer at some of the older members of our family. That would be our grandparents. Titus 2:2-4 That the aged men be sober,...
View ArticleParents ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 4
Yesterday we talked aobut grandparents, today we are talking about parents. Proverbs 4:1,3 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding; For I was my father’s son,...
View ArticleMarriage ~30 Days of Thankfulness day 6
Marriage… It’s such a blessing to many of us, and yet we all know that marriages take work. A healthy marriage requires dedication, trust, love, respect, teamwork and so much more. Ecclesiastes 4:9-11...
View ArticleFall ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 12
Fall, is a time for harvest. Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Personally, I love fall. After...
View ArticleNature ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 14
Man was created in the image of God. However, it seems that we see the most of God in the nature that surrounds us. Genesis 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were...
View ArticleTrials ~30 Days of Thankfulness Day 21
At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to include trials in my list of things to be thankful for. 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it...
View ArticleHome ~30 days of Thankfulness day 26
I am thankful. Thankful to have a safe dwelling place, and the people that make it home. Psalms 90:1-2 Lord thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought...
View ArticleFood ~30 Days of Thanksgiving day 27
In a country where an average of 30% of our food is wasted, people still go hungry. 1 Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be there with content. It’s truly a shame that in a land of plenty,...
View ArticleLife ~30 Days of Thankfulness day 28
I was given life on this earth for a reason; that I may obtain eternal life through Christ Jesus and share him with others. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to...
View ArticleHusband Gives Me Horrible Gifts
In a Dear Abby type column last year I read a letter written by a sad and frustrated woman. “My husband gives me horrible gifts” she wrote and pleaded for the answer in helping her husband give her the...
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