by Melinda | Dec 16, 2013 | About Me, Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Living the God Life, Random Musings, Working Out Faith
I’m a planner, by nature. If I know I have a lot coming up, I try to break it down and put it all out on paper, or my iPad, so I have running lists, and can try to keep up with everything. The problem, though, has been this very interesting middle part of...
by Melinda | Dec 13, 2013 | All Together Now, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Working Out Faith
I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a friend of mine. She has kind of a tough exterior, having come through some pretty hard knocks in her life, and it makes her uncomfortable when people see glimpses of her soft side. And trust me when I say...
by Melinda | Dec 12, 2013 | Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, The Glory of Friends, Working Out Faith
Sometimes there seems to be injustice everywhere you look. Certainly, it’s very evident in our world today, with children starving and left like garbage, mistreated and forgotten elderly, or things like this week when that little 6-year-old boy was...
by Melinda | Dec 1, 2013 | Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Legacy, Lover of My Soul, Mimmie's Heart, My Girls, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
Things were pretty peaceful around here up until about 8:00pm. Brody had just gone down without incident (he pretty much does everything, at this point, without incident), and we’d tucked Lilli in shortly thereafter. That’s when it all fell apart....
by Melinda | Nov 30, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Heart talk, Home on the Range, Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
There is nothing quite like the early hours, especially at this time of year. The pink glow that just starts to cast across the remains of the leaves on the trees, the dark quiet of the house, save for the beautiful twinkle of the Christmas tree, the ticking of...
by Melinda | Nov 6, 2013 | Eyes Wide Open, Home on the Range, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
We make our home in the wilderness. There are many things that remind me of this. Like the fact that my car is always dirty, for instance. Or the sound of gun shot in the not-so-far distance that doesn’t even make me jump. And, of course, the wildlife in...
