by Melinda | Aug 26, 2014 | All in the Family, Hope, Legacy, Life on the Rock, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
We went to see my 87-year-old Aunt Mary Ellen yesterday. She’s my dad’s last living sibling and only sister, and, suffering from the effects of congestive heart failure and pneumonia, she’s had a very rough go of it the last few weeks. Mary...
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 5, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, Free Indeed, Healing Hearts, In the Eye of the Beholder, Life Abundant, Lover of My Soul, Working Out Faith
Did you have fun last night? Food? Fireworks? I hope so. Freedom is certainly something to be celebrated. We grilled out, and were supposed to head to a neighbor’s house, who lives behind us, for fireworks with about 200 of their closest friends, but...
by Melinda | Jun 18, 2014 | Healing Hearts, Hope, Life Abundant, Love Free, Lover of My Soul, Trust, Truth, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
I’m reading The Fault in our Stars, by John Green. Literally, the very first page found me highlighting a quote (from what I now understand to be a fictional book) because of two words. It goes like this: As the tide washed in, the Dutch Tulip Man faced...
by Melinda | May 21, 2014 | All Together Now, Free Indeed, Get Real, He's Bigger than Me, Hope, Life Abundant, Listen and Learn, Lover of My Soul, Trust and Obey, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
It had been sitting there for a couple of weeks, at least, maybe a month. The stack of paper that needed to be sorted through and filed hadn’t been shrinking, as I had hoped, but was growing instead. Finally, it was no longer giving me a small wave, or...
by Melinda | May 17, 2014 | He's Bigger than Me, Life on the Rock, Listen and Learn, Living Low, Lover of My Soul, Trust and Obey
Back when the kids were here, we took them to our local “trades day” gathering. It’s really a nice way to spend a Saturday morning, with local crafts people selling their wares alongside junk sellers, garden nurseries, horse tack and western...
