by Melinda | Oct 31, 2007 | Living the God Life, Motherhood
I first heard this phrase from author Carol Kent’s book, When I Lay My Isaac Down. An intriguing title. The sub-title is “unshakable faith in unthinkable circumstances”. Written about her own son in the midst of an harrowing situation, it harkens to...
by Melinda | Oct 19, 2007 | Living the God Life
I was challenged in something this morning that, to be honest, I’ve never thought about in quite this way. At least not extensively. I think when you are a parent, you become consumed with the futures of your own children and grandchildren. If you’re like...
by Melinda | Oct 11, 2007 | Living the God Life
I’m in the middle of Beth Moore’s Believing God study with my Wednesday morning girls. If you’ve never done it, you SHOULD, but that’s not the main purpose of my post. We’ve been working through what happens when we BELIEVE God WILL do...
by Melinda | Oct 4, 2007 | Living the God Life
I’ve referred to Jennifer Rothschild in previous posts. She is a well-known Christian speaker/musician, who, blind since her teens, has written some very poignant material on faith. I receive a women’s ministry newsletter from her and was struck by the...
by Melinda | Oct 2, 2007 | Living the God Life
My daughter asked me, not so long ago, why I didn’t have any friends my own age. Of course, I DO have friends my own age, but what really stood out to her is that I have a lot of friends that are older than me and a lot of friends that are younger…some...
by Melinda | Sep 18, 2007 | Living the God Life
As I mentioned in my last blog, I spent last weekend at our Women’s Retreat at church. I am a veteran “women’s retreater” and I love everything about them.I looked up the word “retreat” in the dictionary and this is what it said:1....
