by Melinda | Nov 3, 2014 | He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, It's Not About Me, Legacy
It’s all over the news and social media. Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman with a terminal brain cancer, and a six-months-to-live diagnosis from her doctors, has died on her own terms, and by her own hand, right on the date she scheduled. It’s...
by Melinda | Nov 2, 2014 | Hard Times, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, His Words, Lover of My Soul, Working Out Faith
Every Sunday around here is for His words instead of mine. Are you being hit from all sides and feel like you just can’t catch a break? God has something to say about that. The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of...
by Melinda | Aug 22, 2014 | Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Hope, Living the God Life, My Man, Work
About three weeks ago, Kevin threw his back out. He’s done it before, but this time was a lot worse, and when it happened the lawn needed to be mowed. It’s quite a bit of grass that we mow around the house, and it was looking pretty shaggy. I...
by Melinda | Aug 3, 2014 | Fear, He's Bigger than Me, His Words, Hope, Lover of My Soul, Truth, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Every Sunday around here is for His Words instead of mine. Everyone feels afraid sometimes, maybe even today. He has something to say about that. For I hold you by your right hand— I, the Lord your God. And I say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am...
by Melinda | Jul 25, 2014 | God in the Everyday, He Knows Me, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Work
I’m sitting in Kevin’s new office, just down the hall from his former corner office suite that waits for its new occupant. It contains some of the furniture that he used for the last four years, along with a different desk, since Kevin’s is...
by Melinda | Jun 19, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Living Low, Working Out Faith
My daughter posted to my Facebook wall last night with this: As I was reading Green Eggs and Ham to Lilli, she told me I wasn’t reading it correctly, and “that’s not how Mimmie reads the words.” Um, I was just reading the text; what are...