by Melinda | Jul 1, 2013 | About Me, Claim to Fame, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
We attend a non-denominational church whose worship music style is very contemporary, or that to which we like to refer as “rockin’.” Yesterday was a particularly wonderful set of music that really struck my heart in a way it hadn’t in...
by Melinda | Jul 1, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I was in the back of the store, checking cartons of eggs to make sure none were broken. There were a couple of other people back there, too, getting their dairy items, when suddenly all of our heads shot up at the same time. Skunk. All of us were assaulted by the...
by Melinda | Jun 27, 2013 | Healing Hearts, Living Low, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
I listened to her address our little group, seeming hesitant, but determined at the same time. It was a hard topic, a hurtful situation that had many years under its belt, and it wasn’t really met with open hearts. But she pressed on. She explained how...
by Melinda | Jun 24, 2013 | All in the Family, God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Marriage, Thankfulness
Yesterday, I spent the entire afternoon sitting on the concrete floor of my hallway, surrounded by mounds of loose photographs. There is a bank of closets there, where a lot of things were quickly shoved as we moved in (over a year ago!), just to get them out...
by Melinda | Jun 22, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Thankfulness
I spied the little guy in the early morning light. Sitting there on the skimmer shelf of the pool, with his little nose struggling to stay above the water line, was a field mouse. He looked exhausted, his coat matted together like he’d been trying to get...
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...
