July 31 – Deuteronomy 6:7

Deuteronomy 6:7 You shall teach them diligently to your children. I found something so cool as I was studying this verse. There are about 70 tomes that Hebrew words are translated “teach,” but this is the only time this word is used, and it is translated “teach diligently” (KJV) and “Impress” (NIV). But the word literally means “to sharpen” or “to whet”! Interesting, huh?! So the Amplified says, “You shall whet... Read More

July 30 – Deuteronomy 6:6

Deuteronomy 6:6 And these words, which I am commanding you this day, shall be [first]in your own mind and heart; [then]… It goes on to say that we need to teach them to our children, but that’s for tomorrow. Today we have to learn them ourselves. Not just learn them — but have them in our hearts. DO them. Live them. We don’t ever know them until we do them (James 1:23-25). And what is He asking you? To love, to forgive, to break this bondage or that... Read More

Infertility Post One: Something Completely Different

In the next several weeks, I’ll be putting up a series of ten blog posts telling my nearly seven-year infertility story. These are written from a Christian perspective, and from a non-medical perspective. God frequently has a different plan in mind than the one we imagined. I had been considering giving up the blog, and I prayed about it, expecting God to say, “Yes, give it up.” Instead, I felt prompted to write some new things – especially about our journey... Read More

July 29 – Deuteronomy 6:5

Deuteronomy 6:5 Yesterday I was dusting (yes, believe it!), and when I’d finished with the rocking chair, it was still rocking a little. Reminded me of the people from West Virginia who stayed with us a while. They panicked if I got up and left a rocking chair rocking, because “it means somebody is going to die, now.” So I pondered — so glad that our God doesn’t kill people because someone left a rocking chair rocking. What makes Him angry?... Read More

July 28 – Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your... Read More

Lowly Worms

I’ve been feeling low, in a “nobody likes me, everybody hates me” kind of way. (You know that song?) I know it’s not true, just feelings. (Click here to read more or leave a comment on Lowly Worms) Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterest Read More

July 27 – Psalm 17:6

I get to come down and see my newest grandson today! Such potential in a little one like that. What will he be like? What kinds of things will he be interested in? I’ve heard that you won’t know what kind of parent you were until you see how your grandkids are raised. Not completely right, but I think there is some truth in it. Oh!—-I just wrote myself into a corner that I can’t get out of without sounding like I’m bragging! But I’m not.... Read More

July 26 – Isaiah 30:15

The stress has been piling up lately. My spirit tells me, and signs in my body are starting to tell me, but there’s so much to worry about and so much to do that I can’t stop. This morning I HAVE to get the west side of the chicken coop cleaned out for the guineas. Tomorrow is supposed to be 108 degrees, and I’m not sure the little guineas will survive in their kid-swimming-pool-turned-guinea-brooder. They’re too crowded. After working hard for an... Read More

July 25 – Psalm 128:3

Psalm 128:3 Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants round about your table. Don’t you love the picture of the little olive plants around the table?! Beautiful, productive blessings! But look at YOU! A fruitful vine. YOU are beautiful and productive. In the “innermost parts” of your house. Where is that? In your heart? In your bedroom? In your “look[ing] well to how things go in... Read More

July 24 – Psalm 127:3-5

Psalm 127:3-5 Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. I looked up “heritage.” “A gift which constitutes a proper possession.” Right now it’s easy to see him as a gift and reward, but it never changes. Take the time to train him well — and it does take time, sometimes when it seems like you don’t... Read More