by Melinda | Jul 1, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I was in the back of the store, checking cartons of eggs to make sure none were broken. There were a couple of other people back there, too, getting their dairy items, when suddenly all of our heads shot up at the same time. Skunk. All of us were assaulted by the...
by Melinda | Jun 26, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Living Low, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
He walked past me, head hung low, and miserable, as if he was heading in to a doctor to receive a difficult diagnosis. I guess he sort of knew what was coming, as I could hear part of the conversation in which he eventually found himself. His good qualities...
by Melinda | Jun 15, 2013 | It's a Dog's Life, Living Low, Working Out Faith
The post below was written a few years ago, when we lived in Florida. Something similar happened yesterday with Riley that made me remember writing about it, and knowing that many of you weren’t my blog readers back then, I’m going to share it again...
by Melinda | Jun 13, 2013 | About Me, He's Bigger than Me, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
Want to hear the understatement of the century? Life is hard. I think we always have at least one challenge coming up against us at any given time. Sometimes, though, they come at you from all sides and you feel like they’re moving in so close and...
by Melinda | Jun 7, 2013 | About Me, God Stories, He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living the God Life, Texas, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
When Kevin and I first moved back home to Texas, it was a corporate move, and we were put up in a furnished corporate apartment for the first four months, while we made arrangements for a more permanent living situation. At first we looked at houses, but...
by Melinda | Jun 5, 2013 | He's Bigger than Me, Healing Hearts, Living Low, Reaching Out, Thankfulness, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
My dad passed down to me a love for nature. I am very moved by what goes on beyond my window, that natural world where life is teeming and the order of relationship is much the same as when God first spoke it all into existence (or at least how I imagine it...
