by Melinda | Aug 28, 2013 | About Me, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
Dear 18-Year-Old me, Happy birthday, honey. It’s okay for me to call you “honey,” because I’m quite a bit older than you, now, and that’s what I call the young people in my life. Especially those I care about, which obviously...
by Melinda | Aug 27, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship, Thankfulness, The Glory of Friends
Just after we first moved back to Texas, I was sitting in a nail salon. My Vietnamese technician didn’t speak any English, and for whatever reason, wasn’t much in the mood to try to communicate. It was okay, though, because, sitting next to me,...
by Melinda | Aug 26, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Living Low, Living the God Life, Random Musings, Working Out Faith
That title? It seems the truth of it has gone the way of the dinosaurs, if you take a look around. Case in point: The checkout line at Super Target on the last day before most of our schools start around here. Oh, and they were short on checkers. Oh, and about...
by Melinda | Aug 22, 2013 | Claim to Fame, God in the Everyday, He's Bigger than Me, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Relationship
I saw something yesterday that blew me away. It was a paradox of simplicity and complexity, and it left my mind to ponder you and me. Yes, us. I’m going to wait here while you watch it. Go ahead…all the way to the end, please. (if you can’t...
by Melinda | Aug 21, 2013 | About Me, Living the God Life, Uncategorized
I had someone call me Melanie yesterday. Twice. This happens to me all the time. It can be Melanie, or Melissa, or Belinda, and yesterday’s incident made me think of a time, a few years ago, when someone called me Melissa all day. Even after being...
by Melinda | Aug 20, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Heart talk, Living Low, Living the God Life, My Country, My Politics, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Yesterday, I was driving to the office. Stopped at a red light, a car pulled up next to me, windows down and stereo blaring RUSH. I haven’t heard RUSH in a long time, even the very popular Tom Sawyer… A modern day warrior Mean, mean stride...
