Our current listing agreement for selling our house ends today. It has now been two years since we first put our home on the market and, like most things in life, I could not have foreseen it taking this long. (For those who are new here, we are selling our home to get out of […]

I was wondering what would be the thing that would break the ice to get me back to my blog. I think this is it. A precious, precious girl that I know (whom I have watched grow into a godly young woman) is about to be married. She has an opportunity to win free wedding […]

I never intended to stop blogging. I just never could seem to get back to it. Life kept going. Little People needed loving, Big People needed it too, and there were always mouths to feed, faces to wash, chores to do…the details of life to see to. The thing about blogging, is that thankfully, the […]

Just when I thought I was doing fine with not feeling obligated to blog, I learned a reason why I should - at least every once in a while - check in with some manner of post. My Mom and Sisters-In-Law have convinced me that it just is not proper that I leave them hanging […]

One thing we have been walking through as we work toward our goals, is the idea that nothing happens overnight. For every plan, there are preliminary steps that have to happen to make the end turn out properly. The bigger the plan, the more prerequisite steps.
In order to go to Israel, we have to first […]

Anybody else get this after asking, “Honey, will you please encourage the boys to get their morning chores done quickly?”

Who knew that an impromptu wrestling match was the proper response? Apparently these guys hear and speak a completely different language than us girls. (And Doodle just can’t resist a little danger.)
 
I think I’ve been schooled. […]

My seven year old son is particularly adept at dragging a day’s lesson of Explode-The-Code out for several hours. If I could find any verses referencing it (which, to his chagrin, there are none), I might be able to call it a spiritual gift. However, I am convinced that it is a gift to be […]

Many of us are familiar with the ministry of Above Rubies, run by Collin and Nancy Campbell. They publish a magazine by the same name dedicated to “Encouraging women in their high calling as wives, mothers and homemakers”. It has blessed me greatly over the last few years, and my children devour the magazine. I […]

During the last month or so of barfdom, I let a lot of things in blogdom slide. But, being on the mend (right, Father?) I am endeavoring to catch up a bit. Bear with me.

The Mathetes Award was created to honor those who are about YHWH’s Word, have a heart to share YHWH’s Word, and […]

We’ve been doing all the last-minute preparations for putting our house on the market this week, so time for the computer has been nil. During a quick break this afternoon, I found this test, and spent wasted a few minutes completing it. It was good to have at least one thing completed today. I wonder […]

 
Had I not previously been nine months pregnant seven times over, I would surely have thought that these were the longest two weeks of my existence. Granted, they were indeed fifteen of the l.o.n.g.e.s.t. days in quite some time, and we are a bit worse for the wear, but Mr. Visionary’s trip to Israel […]

It is bittersweet at the end of the sabbath each week. We are so grateful for a day to rest physically and spiritually, to enjoy sweet fellowship with Father, and to love on each other, that we never want it to end. And yet…there is still a work to do, and we desire to […]

Well, the break was refreshing. I was sorely disappointed, however, to find that being away from the computer didn’t free up gobs of time for me. My two well-worn excuses for never having enough time have failed me.
I always thought that if we kept a tighter schedule, with every moment planned, and the day running […]

I’ve been busy for a while, and haven’t posted, but I do have a good excuse. We were getting ready for a yard sale, then preparing for the Wallers’ coming to our house ~ cooking ahead, moving furniture, etc. After they left, we followed them to another town and stayed in their bus for a […]

In the midst of trials, I am often so focused on surviving the season that I can’t see past the immediate circumstances. Yet, looking back from the opposite shore, I am acutely aware that my Father was purposing to do a deep work in my heart. At the time, I never understand how deep […]

I can’t help but notice, as Cheri did in the comments yesterday, that Father is developing a recurring theme in His people, and wanted to share a post by my friend Carla Lynne. Her family is further along this purging and refining journey that Father is helping our family along, and I count it a […]

Change is in the air. The grass is reappearing, leaves are budding, and the apple trees are in bloom. Although in some years the transformation  is more profound than others, this change never fails to come. He has promised that His seasons will remain. Spring in all its brilliancy will always displace the dark monotony […]

It all started when I killed my tiller. OK, so maybe it’s not a mortal wound, but it doesn’t exactly till, either. When the thingy that holds the roundy part in place fell completely off as  I rammed gently bumped the cinder blocks at the end of a row, I knew I was in trouble.
Having […]

When the clock read 9:21 this morning…
Flower Child: “It’s really 8:21 in the morning.”
Flower Child: “But it’s 9:21a.m. under Communism.”
The girl is right ~ I hate Daylight Saving Time, too.

I was walking along, minding my own business, when it happened. Two Autumns ago, during my early morning driveway walk, I had my two partners: my gun (because of lions, tigers and bears) and my Walkman. The day in question, I happened to be listening to a Jonathan Lindvall tape ~ nothing unusual there, I […]