Making Each Day a Bit Brighter
Shhh! This is a surprise for my husband. It is the first little shirt I bought for our to-be-adopted son. You see, I am 27 months pregnant and I haven’t bought a thing. There has been this hesitation inside me. When you are adopting from Haiti, as we are, there is this long, difficult wait.… Continue reading
Truly contented people are extremely rare, aren’t they? Why? Because the Enemy has perfected the act of robbing us of our peace. A contented Christian, despite their unlikeable situations, will project loudly the image of Christ. Others notice someone who hangs on to peace in the midst of calamity. It takes something beyond ourselves to do.… Continue reading
School is starting and on any other year, this would leave me with a tinge of excitement. There is something within me that enjoys the start of a brand new year. New teachers. New friends. New backpacks and pencils. Reminiscing of my childhood, I adored back-to-school shopping. As a child, you feel like you have… Continue reading
Gentleness lives in full awareness of what is going on around you, constantly thinking of others before yourself. It is a fruit of the spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23 which is derived from the Greek word prautes, meaning a condition of the heart and mind that will endure injury with patience and peace of mind. In classical Greek,… Continue reading
3 1/2 years ago, our family moved to Austin…however, our hearts did not readily move. I can easily recall the reluctance of our 3 children as if it were yesterday. They wanted to believe that we had heard from God and yet, their sweet little hearts did not want to move on. They did not… Continue reading
There are times when we feel like this life has gotten the best of us. We feel defeated. We feel afraid. We feel discouraged. We feel like we don’t know what to do. We don’t know where to turn. We’ve gotten ourselves into such a bind that we don’t know how we’ll ever get out.… Continue reading