It was after 9 o’clock. My mom and I had just returned from an almost-fruitless shopping trip and I had just driven home in the pouring rain, trying to stay awake, straining against my gritty-feeling contacts to see the lines of the road. We hadn’t eaten supper, so I went to the fridge and got […]
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The Seasons of Life
We had our first snowfall of the year here in New Hampshire today! There wasn’t enough of it to take a picture of, but there were a few flakes floating down from the sky. 🙂 It’s funny though – it’s almost halfway through October and we haven’t had a good frost in our area yet […]
God Will Take Care of You
I woke up this morning with one of my favorite hymns, God Will Take Care of You, running through my mind. The second verse especially goes along with something that I realized last night, as I pondered and worried over the state of more and more arrogant, open rebellion against God that the world is in […]
Pretty and Practical
This morning I was looking at a journal in which I’d written some devotional thoughts and I found one that looked appropriate for this time of year. It was fun to look back and see what my style was like back then. I took out a couple of the more dramatic sentences that wouldn’t have […]
The Story of Your Life
“Worlds discovered and ones not yet explored. Happiness, love, revenge, despair, mercy, compassion…life. Too many to count and not enough hours to read them all. Crisp bindings or worn pages. Books. With every page a telling of a story whether true or imagined. Sometimes I get so lost in the narrative of a book that […]
Part 1 ~ Missionary Martyrs: The Story of Five Men Who Gave Their Lives for the Gospel
I’ve decided that since we have church on Thursday nights that this will be my “easier” blogging day – I’ll post something that I already have written, or a simple post with a picture and a quote or something like that. I think I might allow myself to do that 2-3 times a week so […]