Why We Go Through Pain

 

Memory Verse: “…Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?…” Job 2:10

“Sweethearts, right now it’s not about your happiness, it’s about your obedience.” my husband is lovingly teaching our girls as they are pushing some limits. It may be a truth very hard for us to swallow even as adults, yet so necessary to get a grip on as early as possible.Continue reading

Happy Birthday Jesus!

 

“Christmas is about love and gifts” reads the advertisement on a screen at the mall in Bucharest.  Two things are wrong with this picture. First of all, we live in Romania, and the add is written in plain English.  Second of all, so glad not all Romanians got the message, because Christmas is only about Jesus. Continue reading

Dance With Me

 

We mainly have two types of days. Days where nothing gets to us, and days when we get energized by the buckets of pouring rain; when we have a sprint in our walk; a patient look on our face; and a forgiving heart when the car splashes our nice suit as it drives by.Continue reading

When Morning Comes

                                     

 Five forty- five am. Still dark. Alarm goes off. I get out of bed wishing I didn’t have to. I go out of one bedroom into another one, to wake up the kids. No one will be happy.

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