by Melinda | Jan 1, 2016 | About Me, Be the Light, Claim to Fame, God in the Everyday, It's Not About Me, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Living Low, Living the God Life, Uncategorized
This is the 52nd time I’ve awakened on a New Year’s Day, and it occurs to me that I’m standing at the precipice of 52 fresh weeks before I awaken, Lord willing, on another one. I’m certain, based on personal experience, that they will...
by Melinda | Dec 19, 2015 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, Living in the Moment, This Magic Moment, Truth, Working Out Faith
I thought I might do a little something, this year, that would help me focus on what this season is really about, and maybe it could help you, too. I’m going to take the story of Jesus’s birth, found in Luke 2, and go verse by verse, 1 through 24, to see what happens....
by Melinda | Nov 19, 2015 | God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, Life Abundant, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I dropped Brody off at the church before I headed to Bible Study. What I like about the childcare they provide is the fact that it’s not just babysitting. They have a dynamic children’s program that is ongoing, every time there are...
by Melinda | Nov 8, 2015 | God in the Everyday, Hope for the Trail, Listen and Learn, My Man, Obedience, Prayer, Reaching Out, Texas, Thankfulness, Travel
I’m in Fredericksburg, Texas this cold, rainy morning, in a little cottage in the middle of nowhere. Which, of course, equates to no wifi, hence the typing on my phone. Fredericksburg is one of our very favorite places. We return here again and again when...
by Melinda | Nov 4, 2015 | All Together Now, Giving, God in the Everyday, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Reaching Out, Sacrifice, Serving
I paused yesterday, at the grocery store, to let a woman enter the aisle ahead of me, as she pushed one cart in front and pulled another behind. Interestingly, neither were very full, and I was wondering why she had two when two elderly women came motoring...
by Melinda | Nov 1, 2015 | About Me, All Together Now, God in the Everyday, Thankfulness
I glanced at the clock as the light came streaming into the bedroom windows this morning. It said 6:15, in direct contrast to the black-as-pitch view that the same time has offered the last few weeks. Time change. Fall back. It’s that time of year, when the...
