Restricted Vision, Unburdened Sight
Sometimes the things you can't see help you see more clearly!
The memories that you make with children are so sweet. You watch them grow up but those memories stay with you even when they are adults with children of their own. You look back on the child that they were. When my middle niece came to live with me at five, we developed a night … Continue reading Keep Your Eyes on the Child
How do we find joy? It is easier for some than others. Some are so burdened down with the cares of the world that they cannot see through to the joy. Some just choose to not see the joy. While yet, others find joy in everything. Straightforward, simple joys are the best. I just spent … Continue reading Catch Sight of Joy
For a year or so my dad worked out of town. He worked about three or so hours away from where we lived during the week and came home on Friday evenings to spend the weekend. One Friday evening when our dad had gotten home, he sent my brother and I out to get his … Continue reading The Treasure of Light
The secretary in the living room has three shelves at the top with glass doors, a drop down desk in the middle and three drawers at the bottom. The three shelves at the top are filled with some of the nativity scenes that my mom collected throughout the years. She had every size and shape, small, … Continue reading Seeing Acceptance
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:172-176 When we first moved to Tennessee as a family of six, it was a whole new world. Even though the area we moved to is considered small, it is much, much bigger than either of the places we had lived before. We felt like we were coming to … Continue reading Living in the Light of Christ
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:166-170 I have heard numerous people, when they are attempting to encourage someone, say, “Just do the next thing, and then the next thing, and the next thing after that…” When we are going through difficult times, we sometimes need to hear this to help us keep moving forward. … Continue reading Seeing Down the Path of a Faithful Life
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:160-165. I have seen a number of references to summer camp from different areas recently. Even though it is the end of November right now, you have to be planning for summer camp, If you have been with me for a while, you know of my love for summer … Continue reading Observe the Love of the Law
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:153-159. Do you go through times that, although everything seems to be going good and you can’t pinpoint any specific issues in your life, you just feel “off?” You are a bit anxious or on edge and you don’t know why. I think I have pinpointed in my life … Continue reading Identify the Need to Be Revived
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:145-152. I gave a friend a journal quite a while back. She was not really into journaling. I told her she could write prayer requests in it. Some time later she mentioned that when she first started writing in the journal she was mostly writing prayer requests and requesting … Continue reading Looking at Prayer a Little Differently
This blog’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:130-135 My niece and I were in the car the other day and I asked about a song that was playing. She told me who it was and told me it was the same group that sang the version of Take Me Home Country Roads that I really like. … Continue reading The Longing and The Light
Restricted Vision, Unburdened Sight 