In getting my mind ready for Easter, the greatest moment in history, I was a tad curious on how Jesus was busy a few days before He had to suffer for the humanity. Ok, I confess, maybe I was more than just a tad curious. I took out my study Bible, a few of my husband’s commentaries, dictionaries of the Bible, and opened up various translations of the Bible (stumbled upon Hebrew Names Version Bible too). Continue reading
There’s a silly Veggie Tale song that says “We’re busy, busy, dreadfully busy/ You’ve no idea what we have to do./ Busy, busy, shockingly busy/ Much, much too busy for you.” Continue reading
Last week our family had the privilege to travel to Greece to a conference. It felt good not to cancel this trip. We drove over 700 miles (around 1200 km) to get from Bucharest to Athens. Continue reading
Our daughters are in the Romanian school system. Some teachers have an interesting approach to mistakes written in a notebook. When there are mistakes on the page, the page looks messy. When the page looks messy, the teacher tears that page out. Why? So that the notebook will look nice and tidy.Continue reading
A month ago a friend asked how we are doing as a family. In my feeling good moment I kept on sharing that it’s been great to have a break from our dramatic events of last year. Continue reading
One day, one of our girls started correcting her sister saying “Stop it. Stop it right now.” The tone of voice and the vocabulary sounded way too familiar, until it dawned on me that she was mirroring what I would say to them when those moments come in parenting where the only thing left in you is to say “STOP IT!”
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances…” beautifully said by Shakespeare in As You Like It.
Life truly feels like a stage. God is the theatre director. We are the players. We enter it when we’re born and we exit it when God ordains it. More than that, I am reminded that we’re daily performing on a stage because we all have an audience. Continue reading
Jonah, The STUBBORN HEART that says: ‘I am a control freak. I only trust my way of doing things. If God wants to teach me, He’d better be creative in getting my attention, because I don’t give up easily.’ Continue reading
Most little girls dream of that one day when they can wear the princess-looking stunning bridal dress. So many years of collecting high expectations for that one day. By the time we hit teenage years, the list goes higher than the Tower of Babel. We have it all figured out: the dress, the age, the setting, the looks, the menu, the guest list, the decorations… even the gifts. Continue reading
Love, love, love. Hearts, hearts, hearts. It’s the month of love, people say. Christmas is already history. Valentine’s is here.