Walking with God

Being on a boat is like second nature to our children.  For their entire lives our boys have observed their father navigate through the waters to fishing spots, but it’s not until it’s their turn do the questions arise and possibly a little anxiety creeps up.  Driving...

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” — Billy Graham I am so grateful to have been surrounded by godly father figures in my life.  From grandpas, dads, brothers, friends, and my husband,...

Footprints in the sand.  No, not the beautiful poem about Jesus carrying you, but literally a collection of footprints of all shapes and sizes were imprinted in the sand. Then, this little handprint caught my attention.  The handprint belonged to a small child. ...

Random thoughts while walking: There was a little boy, looked to be about four years of age, standing on a boogie board.  There was barely any water beneath him.  He kept moving his legs as if he was trying to make it go.  This child was smiling and yet appeared...

Our daughter, Holly, received an unwanted and not-so-nice birthday present. . . . The morning skies were brilliantly blue.  The waters were clear, calm, and refreshing.  While Tim and Cole fished for snook along the shore, I decided to disembark the boat and walk...

I look at the variety of shells in my hand and think about how God has us in His hands.  No matter our shape, color of our skin, or socioeconomic...He loves us all and desires for all to do right, turn to Him, believe in His Son Jesus Christ, love others and follow...

LOOK UP.  Trust in the Lord and wait quietly for his help. Don’t be angry when people make evil plans and succeed.  Psalm 37:7 Life gets/is crazy and confusing, so look up to The One who knows all and see all and can/will calm you.  When you’re outside, wherever you...

Listen up: https://youtu.be/j5n5O_CHV1c Y’all, these songs are what came on my playlist this morning (Apple Music's “Today’s Christian”).  While walking the beach this morning, feeling the peace of God and His mighty powerful hovering over me, I was “praying and...

Recently, I was at my brother Kevin’s home.  I always enjoy the transparent and Jesus-filled chats we have with one another.  One morning we were discussing life with raising adult children. Ugh! I do believe that, although this stage (ages 18-24) are loads of fun,...

This morning I began researching scripture on “the power within us”. This topic isn’t a new one for Soaking Up The Son, so I decided to go to the website and search “power within you”. The journal entries that came up blessed my soul. Although there were numerous...

Y’all!  I was so embarrassed when I saw this.  What was I thinking...or not?  But...there’s hope. https://youtu.be/zY73W9Oktjk Well, I’m not a tech person either. LOL!  So here’s part two...let’s get to the good stuff: https://youtu.be/GeYSq1PV2yU I hope you know that...

Recently I was at my mom’s new home in Georgia helping her unpack her belongings and making her cardboard-box-filled-house feel more like a comfy home.  They had been unpacking for the past couple of weeks and discovered many items were broken during the move....