One morning, very early, I was rocking our newest addition to our family, our third child, Jacob Earl. The sun was rising over the beautiful rolling hillside on a crisp, spring morning. Everyone was still sleeping and the house was peacefully quiet. My mind was taking in all the beauty that surrounded me and my heart was swelling with love...
It was the beautiful moment in the evening just before the sun was going to kiss the day goodbye and I took advantage by jetting out the door to drink in the splendor of a walk. As I briskly began my journey around the neighborhood of townhouses I found myself saying out loud the ponderings in my heart. Here I...
Acceptance is a magnet that draws us in, comforts us, encourages us, and spurs us on to do more. Approval from others confirms that we are on the track, and gives us the energy we need to keep going. If you are human, you have felt the pull toward acceptance and approval of people. When someone tells you that your message,...
One of my favorite places to be is the beach – on the shore where it’s calm, I can hear the waves crashing, I feel the sun shining on me. I love it….ALL! But, swimming out into the ocean is a completely different story. The water is very deep and you can’t stand and that can be an overwhelming feeling...
How’s this for embarrassing? A blaring firetruck showed up in front of my house accompanied by a squad car for the 2nd time that day. Is it because there was a serious fire? No. It was because I kept setting off the smoke detectors with my holiday cooking gone bad. Not ok! I was tempted to disconnect those smoke detectors,...
For the last twenty-seven years, I’ve spent my life raising up a church and children at the same time. And in both cases, I’ve learned that it’s when your labor of love is matured that you truly begin to feel proud of what or who it has become. The fact is that maturing a child is a process, and it’s one...