Category Archives: Family
Too Busy Being Me
Amidst this sad consciousness of imperfection, here is comfort for you–you are “perfect in Christ Jesus.” ~ Spurgeon I am so imperfect. And quite the imperfect blogger. I’ve been terribly sporadic this year! So, thought it time to lay out all my … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Grace, Grace in..., Heart thoughts, Life
Grace
Happy Birthday to our wonderful youngest daughter, Grace Victoria! Bono’s song, Grace, touches my heart on so many precious and personal levels. First it speaks of “a girl”, not just a girl, but our lovely daughter, Grace Victoria, who turns 30 … Continue reading
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Honouring My Mom
Happy 79th Birthday to my Mom!! I long to honour my mom whenever possible because, even though everything in Scripture says she should be served by the Church, my mom seeks and lives to serve Jesus and His church with no expectation of … Continue reading
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Sin in Control
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight.” Psalm 51:4 I’m not a theologian, I don’t read Hebrew or Greek, and I’m not a subject-matter expert about much of anything. There. But sometimes … Continue reading
Filed under Anxiety, Control, Family, Grace in..., Marriage, Paul David Tripp, Titus 2'sdays
Eighty or Twenty?
Titus 2sday, brought to you today, by Elisabeth Elliot: A wife, if she is very generous, may allow that her husband lives up to perhaps eighty percent of her expectations. There is always the other twenty percent that she would … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Loving Your Husband, Our Focus, Titus 2'sdays
No Comparison
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. 2 Cor. 10:12 I think one of the hardest battles we have … Continue reading
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Thankful. Period.
“I’m not going to complain about the flooding in our basement anymore!” That’s what my husband said last night after we watched video after video of the tsunami devastation in coastal Japan. There’s something about the difficult plight of others … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Meditative Mondays, People, Thankfulness List
Home is a Person
“So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.” 2 Cor. 15:9 Home is a confusing word for me. I grew up in Denver, Colorado, but moved away when I was 20. My … Continue reading
a few honest questions
“But avoid foolish questions, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law; for they are unprofitable and worthless.” Titus 3:9 “What do you think about Calvinism? Don’t you think the Bible is confusing on the issue of election and calling?” The young … Continue reading
Follow-up on Kate
Negative!! Negative is a great word when it applies to cancer tests!! And that was the result of Kate McRae’s latest PET scan on her brain tumor!! Negative!! Please read her daddy’s blog here to learn more: KATE Let us … Continue reading
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