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 5, 2016 | About Me, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, His Words, Hope, In the Eye of the Beholder, Life Abundant, Listen and Learn, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Truth, Under His Wings
I love any and all shows having to do with history in a broad sense, or, more specifically, the stories of people’s lives. I really love genealogy shows, for this reason, and was recently watching an episode of Finding Your Roots. While finding out her...
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 30, 2015 | About Me, Comparison, Contentedness, Free Indeed, Health, In the Eye of the Beholder, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness
Brody is two years and nine months old. Brody is a boy. Brody has discovered what makes him a boy. Brody likes to dance naked and celebrate his boyness. Yes, bath-time, potty-time, and changing clothes has been taken to a whole new level in Brodyland....
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...
by Melinda | Sep 24, 2015 | About Me, All Together Now, Authenticity, Bible Study, Community, Listen and Learn, Relationship, The Glory of Friends, Uncategorized
Can I get real for a minute? I try my very best to be transparent whenever I talk to you; I really do. And for a couple of years, we were chatting every day, you and I. We were talking about all manner of things. Stuff that happens out here on the ranch, things...