by Melinda | Jul 8, 2013 | Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
“Jesus wept.” It was in my mind when I awoke this morning, that simple, two-word sentence from scripture. I hadn’t recently read it, or even thought about it, but it was there. I’m also not sad, not mourning, not bereft of anything. But...
by Melinda | Jul 1, 2013 | About Me, Claim to Fame, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Living the God Life, Thankfulness
We attend a non-denominational church whose worship music style is very contemporary, or that to which we like to refer as “rockin’.” Yesterday was a particularly wonderful set of music that really struck my heart in a way it hadn’t in...
by Melinda | Jun 28, 2013 | About Me, Living the God Life, Random Musings, Thankfulness
It took about half a second. I glanced down my Facebook news feed – very quickly, I might add – and happened to catch a friend’s post about an old Maria Muldaur song… Midnight at the oasis…send your camel to bed… (It’s...
by Melinda | Jun 16, 2013 | Living Low, Living the God Life, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
I was driving home from the grocery store yesterday. I live in a fairly small town, the county seat, with a beautiful courthouse set in the middle of the square. I circled the roundabout, and was just about to exit to my desired road, when I saw him circling up...
by Melinda | Jun 14, 2013 | Dream Scape, He's Bigger than Me, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Mimmie's Heart, Thankfulness
Lilli and Valé started a little dance class this week. It’s the first for either of them, and two more excited dancers you would never find. Now Valé is six, and just finished kindergarten. Hers is a pleaser-type personality, and she really likes to be...
by Melinda | Jun 10, 2013 | In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Marriage, My Man, Relationship, Thankfulness
I woke up this morning singing a song. It was from an old movie by the same name, and all I’ve ever really known of it was the title lyric, the way it opened big and sweeping… Love is a many-splendored thing So, that’s the only part...