by Melinda | Feb 6, 2014 | Free Indeed, God Stories, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Life Abundant, Living the God Life
Almost exactly a year ago, I met a new friend. She was really struggling with a particular relationship in her life, and couldn’t understand why she couldn’t seem to let it go and move past it. At that time, she’d recently moved to a new...
by Melinda | Dec 4, 2013 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, God Stories, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
What if we all decided that we wanted to figure out what was the real cause of the old pain in our lives? You know, that brokenness you’ve been carrying around for, what, a year? Five? Fifteen? Thirty-seven? What if you just woke up one day, and instead...
by Melinda | Jun 7, 2013 | About Me, God Stories, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Texas, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
When Kevin and I first moved back home to Texas, it was a corporate move, and we were put up in a furnished corporate apartment for the first four months, while we made arrangements for a more permanent living situation. At first we looked at houses, but...
by Melinda | Jun 4, 2013 | God Stories, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living Low, Living the God Life, Marriage, Thankfulness, Travel
I noticed them when I was going through the airport security line. They both seemed a little confused, but while his confusion seemed more related to the process of getting into the secured area of the airport, hers seemed thorough and complete. I admired that...
by Melinda | May 27, 2013 | God Stories, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living Low, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
Yesterday afternoon was beautiful. We spent most of it outside around the pool, and blowing bubbles (a favorite of our current house guest), capping it all off with a popsicle. While we were out there, I had Pandora set on a 70’s light rock station....
by Melinda | May 9, 2013 | All in the Family, Bible Study, God in the Everyday, God Stories, Thankfulness, Travel, Working Out Faith
I cleaned out some closets over the weekend, one of which was the storage closet in my grandkid room. Mostly, I have toys and baby equipment in there, but the top shelves are filled with photo albums, baby books, and old Bible study notebooks and materials....
