by Melinda | Jan 2, 2014 | Heart talk, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Working Out Faith
Sometimes that phrase is so overused that you forget it’s really true. Yesterday was the day that the Christmas tree finally came down. I’d already put away everything else over the weekend, but the tree stayed through New Year’s Eve. As the...
by Melinda | Jan 1, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
This first morning of 2014, I woke up after a good night’s sleep (which, incidentally, started at 10:30pm). I fed the dog, got a cup of coffee, and sat down with my One Year Chronological Bible. In all honesty, I started it last year, but didn’t...
by Melinda | Dec 31, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Lover of My Soul, My Man, Uncategorized
…New Year’s Eve… That song has always been incredibly romantic to me. So much so, that you’d think we always had elaborate plans, and rang in the dawn of each new year in style. But you’d be wrong. Truly, I don’t think...
by Melinda | Dec 30, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, It's a Dog's Life, Lover of My Soul
You may remember, when we were on our trip to Europe, that our little dog, Riley, died, then miraculously came back to life. It was weird and wonderful – it was God – and Riley has been right as rain ever since. There are, however, a few things of...
by Melinda | Dec 29, 2013 | Christmas, Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I love blank paper. Every time I’m at Target I go down the office supply aisle and peruse the spiral notebooks and journals, sometimes buying, but always looking. I think it started when I was a little girl and I got a brand new Big Chief tablet at the...