Not just Jesus and Me
This past summer our family took a trip to Spring Mill State Park which is home to nearly two dozen historic buildings to explore. As we walked with our children through the dirt roads and peeked into the world of the early 1800s, I couldn’t help but be reminded how...
How Long Will Evil Reign?
My kids know our safety rules. We hold hands while walking, stay close to the cart, and lock our home. They don’t understand the real reasons why. Stories of sex slaves, mass shootings, and home invasions are ones they will not yet hear. But I do. A world awaits them,...
Trying to Balance It All
Each day we open up Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter we become dazed over what we are not doing. Scrolling through, I find myself starting to compare as more items are added to my to-do list. The rise of information sharing has great rewards, though I fear it also...
Photo Friday (Sept 8)
Let all things their Creator bless and worship Him in humbleness, O praise Him! Alleluia! -All Creatures of Our God and King. This song is on repeat in our home for every nap and bedtime. We hear it A LOT 🙂 Today as we sang I thought a little more about the...
When you question your beauty…
My daughter, You are beautiful. You are extraordinary. For the next 5, 10, 15, 20, and even 50 years- you may have days you believe otherwise. This world we live in- it will remind you of your beauty. It might say you are perfect the way you are. It will shout at you...
Photo Friday Sep 1
David has been busy trying to take a picture each day, in his 365 Photo Project. Here is an entry 🙂 Ray of Hope Today, I ventured out after the kids were in bed (during golden hour!) to capture our newly blooming sun flowers. I got some good shots of the sunflowers,...
When Prayer Feels Not Enough
Some seasons it feels like the prayer requests keep coming. One after the other, the hurt of those around me seems to be multiplying. A sudden relapse of a friend’s diagnosis. A friend navigating an adoption-states away. A family member halfway around the world met...
Photo Friday August 25
Today's photo is a video! Here is a neat time lapse video David made of the eclipse. I hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!
Eclipse 2017: The Outskirts of His Ways
This past weekend our family make the trip to Hopkinsville, Kentucky to see the total solar eclipse. I went in thinking it would be neat, but I'm not sure I really thought a ton much more about it. We stared and watched with our glasses as slowly the bites out of the...
Photo Friday
"Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all." Today's Photo Friday was taken of the Milky Way seen at...