by Melinda | Jan 18, 2014 | About Me, All Together Now, He's Bigger than Me, Trust, Working Out Faith
It’s much later on a Saturday morning that I typically rise. Usually, regardless of the day, I’m up around 5:00 or 6:00, but not today. Today I slept in. We had our big annual event last night (on top of the regular office responsibilities...
by Melinda | Jan 17, 2014 | He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Trust
I’ve mentioned before how much I love my home. It’s a simple place, and while it’s set on an extraordinary (at least to my eyes) piece of property, there’s nothing grandiose about it, at all. But it’s more “us” than...
by Melinda | Jan 15, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Living Low, Lover of My Soul, Trust, Uncategorized
Sometimes you get really surprising news. I don’t mean the totally devastating kind, for there are far worse things to be heard, but I don’t mean the super exciting kind, either. You know, surprising. Knocks the wind out of you. Has you seeing stars...
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 | Jan 13, 2014 | A Heavenly Country, All Together Now, He's Bigger than Me, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Reaching Out, Working Out Faith
Busy week coming up. B.U.S.Y. We have our biggest event of the year for the office this Friday, between a business session during the day, and an award dinner and 2014 Kickoff Party that night. It’s a lot of work and a lot of details between handling the...
by Melinda | Jan 10, 2014 | He's Bigger than Me, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, The Glory of Friends
I had a long chat with a friend yesterday. Vastly different in just about every way possible, ours is an interesting relationship. Our differences do not end at looks, personality, or likes and dislikes. They spill over into politics, sexual orientation,...