When life hands you a season of rest, take it. This summer I did. After wrapping up school, I decided to take a step back from the things I was frantically doing each day. Blogwork. Housework. Schoolwork. Bible work. Although all of those things are good things. And all of those things are profitable. But sometimes work needs to be laid aside for a season of rest. Sometimes a season of talking needs to be replaced with a season of listening….
Piece by piece we put the puzzle together. It grows bigger and bigger, revealing the picture from the box. As we sort through the pieces, we might have a strategy, we might get lucky and find a few pieces that fit together, but when we look at the pieces still sitting off to the side we see a tangled mess. Most of life resembles the unassembled puzzle. We walk through our days, holding the broken pieces close to our chest….
Today was our first day of school! For the first time in five years of home schooling I’m actually excited for school to start. I was trying to figure out why? HAHA! Maybe it’s the new cabinets and moving all of my supplies upstairs to our dining room. Maybe I’m excited after listening to Sarah MacKenzie’s Read Aloud Revival Podcast. Maybe because we are joining a co-op for the first time this year. I KNOW I am excited for my 4-year-old after reading Elizabeth’s…
He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them. Psalm 145:19 You can come to the Father with your requests. Do not be dismayed if His voice is no longer audible. You might not be able to hear Him with your heart, but He is still listening. In fact, He is hearing you. He sees the hurt, or sadness, or even the sin in your heart. And He is ready to save….