The Grow Bible Study Method

The Grow Bible Study Method The seeds that we had planted and watered are now dead. It was a sad sight coming home from China to find our sunroom filled with death. The dried leaves, crinkling off with a slight touch reminded me of my own heart when I fail to water and allow the Light to shine. We can do the Bible Reading. We can be faithful with the details and the checklists, but do we really water our…

How to Seek Light, In the Dark Days

How to Seek Light, In the Dark Days Coffee in the mornings. Popcorn at night. The same, even when the clock ticks by and nothing changes. Trapped in the guilt from yesterday. Pain from mistakes I’ve made. Life with little ones (no matter how many you have) is hard. It was hard when I had one child. It is hard with five children. I want them to grow up, but then when they do, I miss it. The feeling of…

The Daily Grace Bible Study Method

The Daily Grace Bible Study Method Can I do this? My five-year-old begged to open the plastic toy with paint and a faux stained glass picture. Sure, I replied. Her sister, my four-year-old, walked into the room and handed me her picture. I signed. And I admit…. I didn’t want to sit and guide her wobbly hand to dip the paint brush into the small paint samples and then help her bring color to her stained glass space ship picture….

When Life Feels Out of Control

When Life Feels Out of Control *This post contains affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you anything additional, but my family is blessed if you use my link!  (Excerpt taken from Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World * by Micah Maddox) Kneeling on my kitchen floor surrounded by dropped cheerios from yesterdays breakfast seemed like the place I always landed. My knees pressed to the cold tile floor, hands gripping my Bible, tears dripping from my trembling chin…