We say it by faith when a door closes—“God has a better plan.”  In our disappointment, we cling to that.  We understand that His ways are higher than our ways; that His [Continue reading…]

Less than a week of winter left, and we haven’t had much of one in St. Louis.  The kids were home today because of it.  There were parent-teacher conferences, and because no [Continue reading…]

I had lunch today with a friend who was in town from Dallas with her family to visit Washington University in St. Louis.  We share a love for God and His Word, [Continue reading…]

It was a step of obedience.  It wasn’t easy, but by God’s grace I did what He was calling me to do.  That was two months ago, and I marveled over the [Continue reading…]

I started my fiftieth journal this week.  Okay, maybe not the fiftieth but somewhere in the teens.  I start and stop, start and stop.  This one is a prayer journal with divided [Continue reading…]

Which side do you show?  When you’re going through, being pruned, suffering for Christ’s sake, enduring hardship . . . do you show the human side of yourself, or the divine side?
Thank [Continue reading…]

I was in prayer Saturday morning, staring at a mountain.  I heard myself say, “Lord, this is hard.”  The reply came immediately:  “NOTHING is too hard for Me.”

Out of nothing, He created [Continue reading…]

These past seven days have been more trying than any in recent memory.  I’m not surprised that a week after the In Hot Pursuit Bible study, the enemy would be on the [Continue reading…]

Blog sister, Kim Teamer, reminded me on Monday’s post—Deuteronomy 6.  That was my chapter, the one God used to nurture within me a heart to homeschool more than nine years ago, the [Continue reading…]

I thought I was there for a meeting about school.  I’d been asked to serve on a strategic planning committee for the school my kids attend, and they’d scheduled a kickoff meeting [Continue reading…]