by Melinda | Mar 4, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Living the God Life
We were in line at Chick-fil-A, Brody and I, getting ready to place our order. When it was our turn, I stepped up and started listing it off to the cashier. Just as I’d finished telling her that Brody would have a 6-piece nugget meal, he placed his hands...
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 17, 2016 | Be the Light, God in the Everyday, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I’ve mentioned before that I’m a history and documentary buff. Because I think it’s important, I periodically re-watch Ken Burns’ THE WAR, which is one of the most excellent bodies of work on WWII that I’ve ever seen. Just prior to the...
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 19, 2016 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Mimmie's Heart
She was loaded up in her booster seat, dressed in a sassy black-with-stars leotard, with her hair in a top knot. This was my first time taking Lilli to her new gymnastics class, and she was pretty excited about it. I plugged the address into my phone’s...
by Melinda | Jan 11, 2016 | God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Life on the Rock, Love Free
This morning, I walked out of my bedroom and gazed out the back windows, as I always do. It was pretty quiet out there. Not a lot of movement. But just as I was turning to go into the kitchen, I noticed the lone bird at the very top of the tallest tree. Oddly,...