by Melinda | Dec 29, 2015 | All Together Now, Hard Times, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Hope, Listen and Learn, Lover of My Soul, The Great Uncomfortable, Trust, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
The kiddos have been battling either allergies, or the crud, seemingly since school began in the fall. Really, we all have, despite our best efforts to essential-oil ourselves up, eat right, drink raw apple cider wonder potions, or, most of all, keep our...
by Melinda | Dec 29, 2015 | He's Bigger than Me, Trust, Under His Wings
Last night, I laid my head down, humming with a finely-tuned plan for the next couple of days. When my alarm went off this morning, however, I was quickly and dramatically reminded that I’m not the one in charge. A thick blanket of winter white currently...
by Melinda | Dec 27, 2015 | Get Real, Health, Let's Eat, Listen and Learn, Self Help, The Great Uncomfortable
One of the side dishes I served for Christmas dinner was Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction and Cranberries. They were delicious, and this is coming from the girl who hated them so much, growing up, that she faced down her father at dinner and was...
by Melinda | Dec 26, 2015 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Get Real, Heart talk, Life Abundant, The Great Uncomfortable
Here I sit, amidst the wreckage. Piles of boxes and gifts everywhere. Toys, shiny and new, lining the walls. My babies are asleep in their beds, and their mother has hit the road for a much needed vacation, so they are with us for the next eight days. Yesterday was a...
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....
