Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thess. 5:11 Each of us should do what we can for the good of those around us, to build him up ….so that by encouragement… you may have hope. Romans 15:2,4 Note: I wrote this entry a few days after I wrote the blog [...]
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I Must Not Be Silent
Posted in Life, love on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Better Late Than Never
Posted in A Mother's Heart, love, tagged children, hope, love on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13: 12 My oldest son’s 10th birthday was over three weeks ago now. I didn’t realize it till a few days ago, but he has been almost daily checking the mail for a birthday card or gift. [...]
Love Must Be Fierce
Posted in A Mother's Heart, love, tagged children, Kids, Life, love, toddlers on March 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Isn’t he cute? How would you like him pinning you down, chewing on your face? Yes, I know… so I’ve heard….they are ‘affectionate’ dogs. Many days during our addition construction, we had workers of all kinds out at our house. One particular day, we had a group of men out that came to do sheet [...]
Essays on Beauty: Anna and the King
Posted in Essays on Beauty, love, tagged beauty, Courage, honor, love, Men, women on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Brad and I have never had cable TV since we’ve been married. Most places we’ve lived, we get the major networks via the TV antennae. I grew up in a home where my mom hid the TV in the closet in hopes that we would forget we had it. I also think her idea was based on the principle that if something requires too much work to do it, then you just won’t do it. So since it was such a hassle to get the TV out of the closet, we supposedly would not go to the trouble to roll it out to watch it. Hmmm…. I think my kids kinda think about everything in their closets the same way. “Too much work, out-a-sight, out-a-mind.”
Since we’ve lived in the country, we’ve gotten movies on Netflix. It started the week we brought Jonathan home from the hospital. I knew I’d have to have something to do to keep me down and resting… and it had been a few seasons since I had caught up with my favorite TV show, Alias. Jennifer Garner was my weekly heroine. She was kind of a superwoman. She lived a life I wished I had…. Well sorta. I completely liked the undercover spy