by Melinda | May 15, 2013 | About Me, Dream Scape, Healing Hearts, Working Out Faith
As I’ve been getting ready for the kids to come (today! yippee!), I’ve found myself doing a little purging. I’ve cleaned out the guest closets, the grandkid room closet, and, even though it wasn’t my intention, I ended up cleaning out my...
by Melinda | May 10, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living Low, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness
I ran across a post from my cousin the other day regarding a love letter. I was intrigued because, as far as I knew, this cousin was single and not currently involved with anyone. The front of the letter (she had posted a pic) said this… For you. Really....
by Melinda | May 4, 2013 | All in the Family, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Living Low, Motherhood, My Girls, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
When I was a little girl, my parents would let us put some money in the offering plate at church. The heavy, wooden plate with the maroon velvet lining in the bottom would pass under our noses and we would each drop our offering in it, proud. It was good...
by Melinda | Apr 29, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Random Musings, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
Maintenance. We maintain a lot of things in this life, don’t we? Cars, homes, appliances, pets, health, appearance, relationships, and the list goes on. Mainly, it’s the things in our lives we value that find us taking the extra steps needed to keep...
by Melinda | Apr 28, 2013 | God Stories, Healing Hearts, Home on the Range, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends, Women's Ministry, Working Out Faith
We are planting a vegetable garden. Or, I guess I should say we are trying to plant one. The beds were beautifully prepared by my husband, and I got them seeded, and we had moved on to figuring out what kind of fence we were going to put around it, as we knew...
by Melinda | Apr 24, 2013 | Blogging, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Social Media, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about labels. It was about how we see other people, and how we often only get to know them within the confines of whatever label they happen to carry. It was interesting to me that, very soon after, this “Real Beauty...
