I stopped blogging back in April-- for good reason. Someone posted a comment that shook me. I deleted it.The person posted, "You think you sound innocent when actually you look like a whore." Then he or she posted a link.Godsgirls.com is a porn site. And my blog address was "one of God's girls." I had no idea. I felt betrayed to say the least. I Continue Reading

Derek and I had our first vacation in fifteen years of marriage. Wanted share some of the 600 photos I took. God was faithful. I prayed that He would magnify Himself through His creation. He did. I was in awe of the beauty of Alaska. GREEN! Wildflowers, waterfalls, blue glaciers, whales, bears, sea lions, puffins, incredible sounds and smells, Continue Reading

Yesterday, I heard Ron Heagy give a presentation to over 100 incarcerated youth. Ron is a quadriplegic who has been paralyzed for 26 years. He speaks to public schools, colleges, churches, and business seminars across the USA. His message is to never give up and have a positive attitude. His story is a powerful example of how God can take our Continue Reading

Do you ever doubt when you pray a big prayer?I do.We've added a prayer request section to our thankful journals. So during the past six weeks, we've prayed together. Sometimes the prayers are personal, other times we pray for others. (I wrote about our thankful journals in another post weeks ago.)My eight-year-old daughter Hannah's prayer remained Continue Reading

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark TwainCourage is going from failure to failure without losing ethusiasm. Winston Churchill Continue Reading

This weekend at church the message was about injustice and suffering and how we can find hope in the midst of them. Something the pastor said stuck with me.He said, "Regardless of......, we offer up our praise."It's extremely difficult to praise God when we are suffering or when injustice strikes. Yet there is nothing more sacrificial and beautiful Continue Reading