A time to sow…
“Things change. Seeds need replanting. It is what living looks like. May you find new soil in your lives and plant thriving seeds. ” ~Jane Kirkpatrick Continue reading A time to sow…
Category: Be Encouraged
Christian living, Inspiration, Relationships, Discernment, Spiritual writers
Little Things
“If you take care of the small things,…” Continue reading Little Things
Real life
“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s ‘own’, or ‘real’ life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one’s real life – the life God is sending one day by day: what one calls one’s ‘real life’ is a phantom of one’s own imagination.” -from a 1943 letter … Continue reading Real life
Life Lessons
“How far you go in life depends…” Continue reading Life Lessons
How to live
“Help me to be less fearful…” Continue reading How to live
Family Matters
It was a simple question. “So, how are things?” We had already been talking for quite a while and were getting ready to wrap up our conversation. But I felt a nudge and I asked. That was all it took. Only fifteen more minutes on the phone and in that short amount of time I was given a very realistic and painful picture of her … Continue reading Family Matters
Gratitude
Gratitude is the sweet fragrance of an opening heart. -Anne Belton Continue reading Gratitude
Go to Give
It had been months since we had last seen Ned and Dena – a delightful, fun-loving couple with their three precious children. They had been so welcoming to us in our last setting – inviting one of our children to a birthday party literally on the first day we met, and often including us in fellowship gatherings at their home. Their presence in our lives … Continue reading Go to Give
To see or not to see
As a teenager, I attended a large revival. It was actually called a crusade and held at the coliseum of Mississippi Delta Junior College in Moorehead. Several prominent lay people from various denominations in the delta had pooled resources to launch the idea. Churches from a wide geographic area were invited to help sponsor and support the event providing choir members, volunteers and buses to … Continue reading To see or not to see
Those who help us live
When 9/11 happened my day was so full of raising small children and caring for two elderly family members that even though I wanted to crawl into a hole and weep I had to live. I have been thankful ever since for those who help me live even when my heart is heavy. Take a moment and think about who are the ones who help … Continue reading Those who help us live
Florence Brooks 