• Finding Quiet Time When Your Life is Loud

    My children were huddled around the grocery cart as we waited our turn. I gently laid each item on the conveyer belt, all the while keeping a watchful eye.  The brightly colored candy bar wrappers neatly lined the shelf.  I guided their small fingers away from swiping some sweetness.  We moved forward and I smiled a hello to the cashier. “Wow, you are busy!” “Yes, yes I am!” Busy is a good word to describe life with four little ones under…

  • Be Still in September

    What comes to mind when you read these words….. Breathe In Be Still I think of long summer days. I can smell the clear mountain air or salty ocean breeze. Vacation. Relaxing. I automatically let my shoulders drop. And I breath in deep. I think quiet. Peace. Calm. Soaking in the sun and the Son. I think of focusing, meditating, and memorizing Scripture. My God says for me to rest. Be still. With the coming of September, I’m finding it so hard to…

  • Six Things I Want My Children to Learn

    For this school year, I want my children to learn more than math, reading, science, and how to spell. I want to teach them… 1. I love them. We have this thing, my kids and I. No matter where we are, or what we are doing, I will sometimes take a deep breath and gasp, “Guess what!?” Usually they will stop and say, “What?” with a hushed expectancy. I can see their little minds working….Are we in trouble? Is she going to surprise us…

  • Monday Morning Blues {4}

     Just Breathe Deep…..just breathe in all that GOD is….. Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength,     always ready to help in times of trouble. 2 So we will not fear when earthquakes come     and the mountains crumble into the sea. 3 Let the oceans roar and foam.     Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude 4 A river brings joy to the city of our God,     the sacred home of the Most High. 5 God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed….