by Melinda | Mar 1, 2016 | All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Humility, My Country, My Politics, Trust and Obey, Under His Wings
I’m heading to the polls today, like many of you. Truly, I feel like I’m carrying a two-ton weight on my back as I go, a burden of frustration and disheartened sadness that I’ve never before carried into an election. I know that whomever sits...
by Melinda | Feb 19, 2016 | About Me, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, This Magic Moment, Trust and Obey, Uncategorized, Under His Wings
I love nature. I relish being outside, and when I can’t, I enjoy being where I have a really good view. It’s one of the reasons I love my house so much, because not only does it sit in a beautiful rural setting, but it also has floor to ceiling...
by Melinda | Feb 9, 2016 | Home on the Range, Hope for the Trail, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Living in the Moment, Obedience, Thankfulness, Trust, Trust and Obey, Uncategorized, Under His Wings
I hadn’t walked down on the property in a while, life just being too darn busy. But I found myself with an unexpected day off, yesterday, and decided to strike out for some fresh air. When I got down to the bottom pasture, I realized the horses were down there....
by Melinda | Jan 26, 2016 | Disappointment, Grief, Hard Times, Heart talk, Hope, Life on the Rock, Obedience, Prayer, Thankfulness, Trust and Obey, Under His Wings
Sometimes you pray, and pray, and pray, and then you pray some more. You throw yourself down, face to the carpet, begging God for the deepest desire of your heart, crying what seem like tears of blood into the fibers that brush your face. You ask others to pray...
by Melinda | Dec 24, 2015 | Christmas, Free Indeed, He Knows Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, Hope, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Sacrifice, Self Help, Thankfulness, Trust and Obey, 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 | Jan 17, 2015 | Free Indeed, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, Healing Hearts, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Obedience, Temptation, Trust and Obey, Truth, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
Maybe you noticed that I was silent yesterday. Well, it was because I was sleeping. During the day. Because I was awake the night before. All night. ALL. NIGHT. Perhaps this will be too much information, but hey, we’re all friends here, and we’re...
