Sunday evening I took my youngest daughter to youth group. Instead of going home, I went to my older son’s house. He and his wife just got a new puppy. She is so cute! She is part husky and part Pomeranian. I couldn’t believe how soft her fur was, almost like a Persian cat! She… Read More Day 101 – Thankful for the new puppy!
Yesterday I used these verses from Isaiah 61 to speak of God’s favor and delight for us. But there is more to the story! “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,… Read More Day 85 – Thankful for joy!
My husband and I have been married for 20 years. He has always been a hardworking, faithful husband. I have never heard my husband call his boss and lie in order not to have to go in to work. When he calls in sick, he is really sick! There were a few times when, as… Read More Day 77 – Thankful for a hard-working faithful husband
Today we spent time as a family eating at a restaurant after church services were over. As we approached our house, I had to drive around a power company truck. I didn’t think anything of it until I entered the house to find that there was no power: no lights, no computer, no refrigerator, no… Read More Day 73 – Thankful for Power company linemen who restore power
Friday evening my husband and I went to his work party which was hosted by the big boss and his wife. I went there with a better attitude after God had showed me my fault the night before and reminded me that His plan for me is wonderful, and I need to keep an eye… Read More Day 65 – Thankful for new friends
Chronic pain came to live with me a long time ago, uninvited, of course. (I’m not complaining, just explaining.) It started with headaches from heat exhaustion, moved on to migraines, and at age 17 I started having chronic back pain. From the beginning I tried to tough it out or to use other methods of… Read More Day 63 – Thankful for medicines and pain relief ointments
For those of you who just read Day 60, you may be wondering what’s the difference between being thankful for choirs and orchestras and being thankful for for musicians and their instruments. It is very closely related, I admit. But the first comment on that post got me to thinking about how there are also… Read More Day 61 – Thankful for Choirs and orchestras
Have you ever thought about what the world would be like with NO music? What if God had given us no musicians? What if there were no instruments? Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Christmas cantata of the senior choir of our church in the morning. Then in the evening, my husband and… Read More Day 60 – Thanks for musicians and musical instruments
It’s been 56 days since God laid it on my heart to start writing about what I’m thankful for every day. Where does the time go? For a while I was feeling the joy that comes with having a grateful heart!… until I wasn’t again. The last few days I’ve not been feeling well. I’ve… Read More Day 56 – Thankful for Doggie Lessons
The last couple of days my husband, our daughter, and I have been doing a lot of leaf cleanup. It’s another one of those jobs, like I mentioned a few days ago, where it looks so nice when it’s all done! It can be a very tiring job if one has lots of trees, and… Read More Day 46 – Thankful for leaves
When I lived in Africa and France, it was a new experience for me to have walls all around the property of all the houses. That’s because where I was raised, most people didn’t have walls or even fences around their properties. We were on neighborly terms with all our neighbors, and I was taught… Read More Day 32 – Thankful for a fence 😀
This morning I woke up still thankful and rejoicing over how the Lord smoothed our path on Thursday! (You can read about that here.) As I sat down and finished the last two slices of my gluten-free bread (you can read about that here), for which I’m also still thankful, I was also thinking of… Read More Day 24 – Thankful for a diagnosis that gives validation
Sometimes hearing the truth is an occasion for rejoicing, but sometimes it is a source of embarrassment. I don’t like it when someone uses the truth (or what they perceive to be truth) as a weapon to hurt me. Do you? But I am thankful anyway for the truth, especially coming from wise counselors and… Read More Day 19 – Thankful for the Truth
This morning my alarm went off at 10:30. a.m. I have it set for 10:30 every Saturday just in case I sleep too late even though I have important things to do. I got up, turned off the alarm, and upon learning that my husband had only been up for 10 minutes and my daughter… Read More Day 18 – Sleeping in
Did you ever think of a song as being a gift? I know sometimes we talk about a person having a musical gift, but what about the song itself? Is not the song a gift? And is it not a gift to be able to sing along, even if we aren’t particularly gifted at music?… Read More Day 14 – Gift of Song
Welcome to Worship with me! This past weekend I went to my high school reunion and saw people from my childhood that I haven’t seen in years! It made my heart happy! So today I want to give God some praise for that! Would you join me and add on your own praises in the… Read More Worship with me #62
As our family was driving through the beautiful mountains of Tennessee a couple of years ago, we happened upon this sign. It struck me as funny that somebody would embrace their grumpiness so much that they would make a sign introducing themselves as such, so I quickly took a picture of it! In the region… Read More Grumpy or Grace?
Lord, I Thank You for this day, for my family and friends, for our home, and for a car that runs every time I try to start it. Thank You for clean water and grocery stores full of fresh produce and all the food we need to be healthy. Lord, sometimes we take all Your… Read More Worship with me #58
Have you ever been so sure that God directed you in a certain way and promised you a certain outcome, but then you come up against a crisis of your faith, and suddenly you are so afraid? That is how Jacob was in this passage. He reminds God that God is the one who gave… Read More Scripture prayers #4
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, You who have displayed Your glory above the heavens, farther than the eye or the strongest telescope can see in every direction over the sphere of the earth! (Psalm 8:1) That same You came up with a wonderful plan to save any… Read More Worship with me #52
Hello! Welcome back to Worship with me! I’d love to have to you pray this prayer with me and to add on whatever additional praise that God lays on your heart! Feel free to leave praises for God in the comment section. Dear Lord, I praise You, for You have given me my heart’s desire!… Read More Worship with me #50
Bless the Lord, oh my soul, for He is good, and His unconditional, covenant love endures forever! What a joy to know, Lord, that You love and delight in Your children, that You love and delight in me! It is purely through Your grace and mercy that I can be accepted by You! Praise the… Read More Worship with me #47
A while back my teenage son and I made liver and onions together. We used the cast iron skillet on top of the stove to cook it in. After the food was very much all gone, I scraped the pan and gave the scrapings to our always-begging-to-be-fed beagle/terrier mix, Lilly.Then I left the pan sitting… Read More More Doggie Lessons
I love to read passages of the Bible where God appears to man. If you haven’t read through the Bible, you may be surprised how many times this happened. Joshua 5 and 6 contains one of these passages. In Joshua 5:13-15 we see that a man is standing before Joshua with his sword drawn. At… Read More Appearances of God to Man – Breakthroughs
Hi, and welcome! 🙂 I was debating over whether I should continue the “Worship with me” series in this new year, and I discovered that I personally need to keep the awesomeness of the Lord before me. So, I decided to continue writing down my words of worship and sharing them with you. Please feel… Read More Worship with me #42
