by Melinda | Dec 2, 2014 | Christmas, Giving, Heart talk, Mentoring, Reaching Out, Relationship, Uncategorized
We meet people all the time; everywhere we go, really. I met Mia at my granddaughter’s 2nd birthday party, over two years ago. She had recommended my daughter to take her position at work because she was moving out of state, and her precious little boy...
by Melinda | Nov 13, 2014 | All Together Now, Eyes Wide Open, Get Real, Listen and Learn, My Country, Uncategorized
Disclaimer: To my educator friends: I ADORE you. You do what I believe is the hardest job out there (second only to parenting), and many of you are forced to teach a mandated curriculum, in a mandated way, for thankless pay. This is not written against you, but in...
by Melinda | Nov 9, 2014 | Fear, His Words, Hope, Uncategorized, Under His Wings, Working Out Faith
Every Sunday around here is for His words instead of mine. Feeling unsure about things? Today? The future? He has something to say about that. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your...
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 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...
