[My Life is] Full of Grace

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What’s Your Story?

So often we face circumstances that we don’t understand and see no way out of.👀 But God in His unfailing love always provides a way and has a plan and purpose for everything.👌 Yet we turn around and keep our mouths shut about the things that God has done, is doing and continues to do. As though we’re entitled to His blessings. Let’s not forget. ALL have sinned and fallen short of His glory. My…

God’s Art

Saturday as the sun was approaching the horizon, my daughter caught glimpse of a rainbow outside the kitchen window. I quickly grabbed my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy Note 5) to take a photo, just knowing the rainbow could be gone in an instant. When I stepped outside, the first thing I noticed was how chilly the air had turned compared to just a couple hours beforehand. I also noticed how intense…

Beginning My Bible Journaling Journey

Saturday afternoon was spent Bible journaling with the children. It was the first time in a long time that I picked up my art supplies for personal use, not for helping with homework or school projects.

This idea of Bible journaling recently struck when I was browsing Pinterest. There are so many great ideas on there. But I focused my search on “Bible journaling with children”. I figured it would…

Seeing my son so proudly represent his uncle and having his uncle surprise him…😁 priceless.

The blessing lied in enjoying the presence of my baby brother and his wife 💖, my middle son (his twin 🙈) and my nephew (his other twin 😇).

I remember when doctors said my brother wouldn’t make it. But I also remember watching him fight a battle that a 2 year old shouldn’t have to fight. Yet he wasn’t…

A Blessed Mother’s Day

My children are 13, 12 & 10. Today they woke up early and helped my husband make a delicious breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs and hash browns.🍳 Then they went outside to help my husband with yard work. 🌾 When it was time for dinner, they worked together to prepare everything: fresh salad with cranberries, raisins & sliced almonds & croutons + brussels sprouts with black pepper, garlic & olive…

How many times have you thought you knew it all and didn’t consult God’s counsel through prayer and Bible study?

How many times have you forgotten to include God, whether in your simple plans for the day or in your important decision making?

How did that turn out?

Yeah, I didn’t think it went so well myself.

I’ve learned to trust in my Heavenly Father to correct me, guide me, instruct me, lead…

Only when we are deeply rooted in God, can we withstand tribulation and produce good fruit.

Is God your foundation?

Growing up I felt I had strong morals and values, thanks to my parents and grandparents. I had enough respect for myself that I never felt pressured to do what “everyone else” was doing. I didn’t want to be “everyone else” anyway. I was happy being me.

I graduated high school without any questions about whether or not I had ever drank, smoked or engaged in sexual activity. That just wasn’t my…

So often we take our freedom for granted. It is a privilege and a blessing to have freedom. Even more of a blessing is to share that freedom with others. I don’t mean the freedom that days “do what you want”. I mean the freedom that says “I am no longer bound by sin, but I am free through the blood of Jesus”.

Why would one want to share that freedom with others? It’s amazing. It’s awesome. The…

Have You Exercised Today?

So often we make a commitment to exercise, and for good reason. Its benefits are plenty: more energy, good sleep, better health. But how often do we commit to exercise our faith, and fail at keeping that commitment?

Exercise daily in God—no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. 1…

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 NIV

Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented Himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how…

Shining a Light on Slavery #EndItMovement

This graphic is self explanatory. Raise awareness on the reality of human trafficking and slavery.