You know those days. Endless….tiring….just-want-to-give up days. Maybe its the season change. Maybe grief suddenly appears after a time unexpectedly. Maybe the stress of life has suddenly come resting on your shoulders. Maybe it is nothing. (By the way – it is O.K. to have a bad day over nothing.) You sit on the couch. You watch your children play. You read a book instead of doing laundry. Your dishes go unwashed. Dinner comes from a delivery guy. You’ve had…
Sharing my….. My oldest son is in first grade. We are in our second year homeschooling. Let me just say to moms of beginning readers: Bless You. Bless Us All. We are saints. Our patience level is beyond compare. If we want to torture our enemies, just send in a beginner reader and have them read a new passage. My son. Oh how I love him to pieces. He drives me to crazy town during reading time. This week we…
Moms, we need a breather. I walked out of the door and sat in my car. I took a deep breath. It is time for just me. I listened to silence as I drove to the store. I casually looked over my list, slowly crossing off my items as I placed them in my cart. Grocery shopping alone is amazing. I never liked going to the store, but if I get to be alone and go – I am in…
In John 5 we read a spectacular story. Jesus heals a man that has been sick for a long time. The interesting part isn’t necessarily the miracle. Of course it is amazing that Jesus heals this man. What is even more amazing is a simple question Jesus asks the man first. When Jesus meets him, this man is sitting by a pool. The pool of Bethesda was a superstitious pool. The people believed that an angel came down and stirred the pool. Whomever…