Walking with God

Christmas time is here!! The weekend before Christmas, my family gathers together to celebrate Jesus’ Birthday at my mom and step-dad’s home.  I get giddy!  My calendar is cleared.  It’s time to have a Holly Jolly Christmas indeed!  Why?  Well, h-e-l-l-o…my family is...

I love me some Francesca Battistelli.  This morning, as I was returning home, her  song, “He Knows My Name”, came across the radio waves. As much as I love me some Francesca, I love my brother more. Just before her song came on, I was thinking about how excited I was...

There’s a condensed version and an extended version to this post today.  You choose. Condensed Version: “Mark your bible, and let it mark you.”  Pastor Lewis While unpacking boxes during the move to our newly renovated home, I came across one of my bibles. The...

This past weekend Holly and a college friend came home to spend some time together (HERE!!  Yay!!) I love it when my kiddos have friends over! We had a wonderful and insightful conversation about faith, professors, and different religious beliefs.  These two are...

I vividly recall observing my Grandpa West meticulously open his wrapped gifts, with his pocket knife, to conserve the gift paper for another time.  The careful opening of the blade, the knife-edge sliding underneath the tape to precisely pierce the adhesive and not...

(This is originally from December 10, 2014.) “The Lord your God will send to you a prophet… You must listen to him.” Deuteronomy 18:15 Do you sometimes wonder if God is listening to you, or if He is answering (one way or the other) a request made by you?  I know that...

Putting conditions on God are NOT a good thing.  When we do so, we are limiting Him, having confidence in that our way is better, and believing that He doesn’t know-all and see-all. Having ultimatums presented to Him, is nothing new to God.  In Luke 4:1-13 we read...

For the past few weeks, my youngest son, Cole, will say a motto out of the blue.  When he verbalizes it, I always think, “That sounds so familiar!  Is it scripture?” Then, recently I had a disagreement with a loved one.  I keep racking my brain for understanding and...

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, had a very shiny nose. Yep, I bet you are singing this classic song now. Boy was that snout glowing. This schnoz of his caused a bit of trouble for Rudolph.  He was bullied by the other reindeer. What made them think they were better...

I had to share. This morning, while scrolling social media, I saw a friend had shared a post, from her best friend, asking for prayer for the family. Why? (My heart breaks all over again just typing this…) her BFF’s two great nephews were killed in a head-on car crash...

Jesus came yesterday! A day earlier than expected! That’s right…Jesus came in the mail. When Tim came home from work with this package from Amazon, I got so excited. I grabbed the delivery, and started gallivanting around room-to-room telling each family member,...

To you this may just look like a Christmas swag, adorned with cotton charm and a wired burgundy velvet bow, but to me it’s so much more. I only have a couple of these bows remaining, and I will always treasure them. As I am restructuring, the crushed by being stored,...