by Melinda | Jan 28, 2014 | Claim to Fame, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, It's Not About Me, Life Abundant, Life on the Rock, Living Low, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Uncategorized
You know what? God is real. Seems an odd and obvious statement, I know. But sometimes you’re just clicking along in your life, settled into your long-held beliefs, and, like so many other things, they become “normal.” They’re like the...
by Melinda | Jan 14, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Listen and Learn, Living Low, Living the God Life, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
I watched as she, filled with unbridled enthusiasm, addressed a small group of people. It was astounding to me as just hours earlier she’d been so subdued and somber, this friend of mine. She wasn’t putting on a show, though. This was real and...
by Melinda | Dec 30, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, It's a Dog's Life, Lover of My Soul
You may remember, when we were on our trip to Europe, that our little dog, Riley, died, then miraculously came back to life. It was weird and wonderful – it was God – and Riley has been right as rain ever since. There are, however, a few things of...
by Melinda | Dec 11, 2013 | Free Indeed, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
If you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, you’re getting a little tired of the ice situation, amen? I just got out of the house, yesterday, for the first time since last Wednesday, and the roads, while much improved, were still slow-going. The mail is...
by Melinda | Dec 10, 2013 | All Together Now, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Heart talk, Living Low, Lover of My Soul, Reaching Out, The Glory of Friends
We have a bird feeder outside our window, near a thicket of small trees. We try to keep it packed up with a nice sunflower seed mix, especially during the winter, and its promise to attract a variety of birds is always made good. Right now, with the icy mix as...
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...
