Recently I was blessed to be able to take a brief trip to Chicago with my closest friend and her sister. You see, my friend lives on the other side of the globe and we typically only see…
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Last week, I picked my daughter up from preschool. While driving home I’m listening to her four-year-old ramblings about her day. As we pulled into our driveway to park, the ramblings culminated in a heartbroken and tearful voice…
Change…the very word almost makes me shudder. Change is hard, and few people enjoy it. Whether it’s relocating, or becoming an empty-nester, change is always on the horizon, like it or not. “Monitor and adjust” was a phrase I heard a lot when I was a teacher. “Adapt…
Life is busy and messy and altogether time consuming. Lonnie and I both began new jobs, I was ill, and we had long-term house guests. There was little time to think. I could almost see…
In 3 hours time, my life went from being a chilled out afternoon and moving right along to being completely nonstop adventures. These solutions to the situations allowed me to help out my…
Seeing how much kids love our God has strengthened my love and faith for Him. Kids not only tell you the truth but they can, with the help of God, change your heart to love again.
On the incredible journey we call life, we will have good and bad days but even on the worst of day we can find reasons to smile and be thankful for the life we have been given. We can experience the “Joy of the Lord.”
School supplies aisles in stores are fully stocked with supplies with SALE prices for kids returning to school on August 15. We at Temple Baptist have a wonderful opportunity to show some love to our local school community by rounding up some of the most needed supplies throughout the year.
It has occurred to me recently that I may be a slow learner–spiritually, that is. I wrestled with a particular issue several years ago and thought that I had achieved some measure of victory, only to realize more recently that perhaps I had not. You see, I’m the mother of boys…
A cup of water may seem like a small thing to give to another, but Jesus said that if you give it in His name, you will certainly not lose your reward. We may not think that we are achieving much in this…