by ssadmin | Dec 2, 2012 | Daily Journaling
Birth, engagement, and graduation announcements. You see these types of proclamations in the newspaper, posted on a social network, and receiving a personal announcement or invitation in the mail. When exciting things happen in people’s lives, they want share it...
by ssadmin | Nov 30, 2012 | Daily Journaling
Just asking… What controls you? I jokingly asked Tim this morning when he walked into the family room, “What controls you?” He quickly responded in a light-hearted way, “You! Didn’t you see me doing all that plumbing work in the bathrooms for you the other night.” ...
by ssadmin | Nov 29, 2012 | Daily Journaling
This morning, before I even turned on my computer to start reading the “Walking in the Word” scriptures, I was thinking about how Tim and I are going shopping tonight. I was going through my mental list and checking it twice on the “things” I “want” to get the kids...
by ssadmin | Nov 28, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“Oh, how wonderful, how pleasing it is when God’s people all come together as one!” Psalm 133:1 (ERV) When I first read Psalm 133:1, I had a peaceful feeling, and the countenance on my face was a soft smile. The Easy-to-Read Version was the first translation I read. ...
by ssadmin | Nov 27, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“But keep the Lord Christ holy in your hearts. Always be ready to answer everyone who asks you to explain about the hope you have. 16 But answer them in a gentle way with respect. Keep your conscience clear. Then people will see the good way you live as followers of...
by ssadmin | Nov 26, 2012 | Daily Journaling
For “you were like sheep going astray,” so God got on His four-wheeler and rounded you up and brought you home. 1 Peter 2:25 Okay, so verse 25 doesn’t say those words after the quotation marks, but that is where my thoughts went to. Why? Well, Cole has been found a...
by ssadmin | Nov 25, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“Lord, I have given up my pride and turned away from my arrogance. I am not concerned with great matters or with subjects too difficult for me. Instead, I am content and at peace. As a child lies quietly in its mother’s arms, so my heart is quiet within me....
by ssadmin | Nov 25, 2012 | Daily Journaling
“All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” 1 Peter 1:24-25. Thank goodness that God’s word is not like the bougainvillea in my backyard! We have...
by ssadmin | Nov 22, 2012 | Daily Journaling
This morning when I started off reading God’s word, I was embarrassed about the words I was reading. Ezekiel was all about prostitution, and believe me it was explicit in some areas. Ugh. After reading through all the scriptures, I read James 4:8 to Tim and...
by ssadmin | Nov 21, 2012 | Daily Journaling
There were so many fabulous scriptures in today’s reading. But I couldn’t help but focus on a couple with my children in mind. I know I totally used to take this one verse out of context, but I prayed it over my youngest son, Cole, quite often when he was...
