by Melinda | Jan 6, 2014 | Living Low, Living the God Life, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I love Downton Abbey. Really, really love it. I know I’m not alone, and I also know there were millions viewing last night’s first episode of Season 4 right along with me. What I’m about to say does not require a spoiler alert, as it’s...
by Melinda | Jan 4, 2014 | A Heavenly Country, All Together Now, Free Indeed, He's Bigger than Me, Home on the Range, Living the God Life, Working Out Faith
Someone recently told Kevin that the cost of solar had really come down. We’d talked about going solar if we ever built another house (as that’s the least expensive time to do it), but since we just moved into this one, and because it’s very...
by Melinda | Jan 2, 2014 | Heart talk, Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Working Out Faith
Sometimes that phrase is so overused that you forget it’s really true. Yesterday was the day that the Christmas tree finally came down. I’d already put away everything else over the weekend, but the tree stayed through New Year’s Eve. As the...
by Melinda | Jan 1, 2014 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Lover of My Soul, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized, Working Out Faith
This first morning of 2014, I woke up after a good night’s sleep (which, incidentally, started at 10:30pm). I fed the dog, got a cup of coffee, and sat down with my One Year Chronological Bible. In all honesty, I started it last year, but didn’t...
by Melinda | Dec 18, 2013 | Lover of My Soul, Relationship, Thankfulness, Working Out Faith
I’m going to do something I don’t usually do. I’m going to rerun a piece from around this time last year, because I pulled it up while looking for something else, and felt strongly that someone might need to hear the truths tucked in these...
by Melinda | Dec 17, 2013 | Christmas, Dream Scape, Eyes Wide Open, He's Bigger than Me, In the Eye of the Beholder, Living the God Life, Lover of My Soul, Working Out Faith
I got a call last night from Emmie. I knew the kids had gone to see Santa, but she’d forgotten to tell me about what Lilli told him. All week she’d been asking her what she was going to ask Santa to bring her for Christmas. “Mommy, I’m...
