I finished 1 & 2 Kings not too long ago and now I'm making my way through the prophets. I thought I'd share briefly the blessings I am gleaning from these books and was going to write about the kings and prophets in this post, but it looks like I'll only have room for the …
This Is Helpful
From the ESV Study Bible's Introduction to Ecclesiastes (italics/bold mine):One can see the Preacher’s most distinctive contribution from the way he uses the term “find out” (see note on 3:11). Every human being wants to find out and understand all the ways of God in the world, but he cannot, because he is not God. …
Education & Motherhood
"Take my intellect and use every power as you choose." - Take My Life And Let It BeA few months ago I asked Jeff a hypothetical question. I asked how he would respond if someone, say, a mom wanted to know if it was a waste of education and displeasing to God to go to …
I have seen his face
There is a story often attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson of a ship caught in a dreadful storm off a rocky coast. The hurricane winds, driving rain, and heaving waves threatened to drive the ship and its passengers into destruction. In the midst of the terror, one daring man pulled himself up the slippery stairs …
Change & What Is Unchanging
Baby girl turned 5 months old yesterday! A few days ago, Jeff was working on the computer and suddenly turned to me and said, "Sweetheart, these past three years have flown by." They really have- these past five months especially. One of the women in a small group I'm attending has a 10 week …
Keeping Heart 