How to Make a Prayer Journal 

How to Make a Prayer Journal  Our garden this year is completely overrun. We had grand plans for green beans, green peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, and even broccoli. Unfortunately, we let it be overrun with weeds and failed to water it during the drier days. It is a sad little plot of land, barren and empty. Cultivating a garden takes work, and so does cultivating a prayer life. If we neglect prayer in our Bible study time, we might find…

How to Have Rest This Christmas

My goal each night is to go to bed early. Never happens. Especially during the Christmas season. The to-do list never ends and I just want to get it all done. If I don’t, who will? Presents need wrapped. Gifts bought. (Ordered online, let’s be honest) House decorated. Cookies baked. Chex mix made. Have I mentioned I’m a control-freak, perfectionist? I don’t think I have time to rest when so much needs to be done CORRECTLY. So there is no time…

Three Ways to NOT Fight Loneliness

Three Ways NOT to Fight Loneliness  How can life be lived with so much busyness but also so much loneliness? My home is literally filled with noise, but I wonder how I can feel the ache of empty in my heart. Until I see my Bible, sitting on the table beside me. It is here I find the filling I need. Only, in this season I’ve found myself reading about the Bible and not reading the Bible itself.  As a…

How Crumbs Taught Me About Gratefulness

How Crumbs Taught Me About Gratefulness The small flaky crust of bread stuck to my foot as I walked around the kitchen table. Spreading the crumbs around the floor, I walked over to knock even more crumbs from the baby’s seat. Rolling my eyes, I realized crumbs will always be a part of my life as long as I have kids in the house. Sweeping up those crusty pieces left over from sandwiches made me think of the manna in…