Last night I was racking my brain trying to think of what I would blog about this morning and nothing was coming to my mind! Then this morning I opened my email and found my first Compassion Blogger assignment! Yay! Compassion International has a goal this month - change the lives of 3,108 children in the next 30 days through sponsorships! Will you help them meet that goal? Sponsoring a child is one of the simplest ways you can answer God's call to care for orphans! Will you take the time Continue Reading
Not So Pleasant Birthday Surprises
When the bathtub wouldn't drain and the toilet started to gurgle, I knew we had problems. I picked up the phone to call John - what a wonderful birthday he was having. We had been up most of the night with a sick baby boy and now I was calling to tell him that for the second time in a year, we had water coming up from the drain on the laundry room floor. Happy Birthday, honey! He came home, cleaned up the mess, and then headed back to work - his coworkers were taking him to lunch to Continue Reading
Fearing Change….
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." (2 Timothy 1:7) The definition of timidity according to the dictionary is: 1. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions 2. fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities Can I share a little secret? There's an area in my life where I feel like I have a spirit of timidity. Anyone else in the same boat? Before I share my heart, I have to apologize to Continue Reading
The Last Little Bit of Summer….
For about a week now, when I wake up each morning I have this feeling. It comes around every year about this time and there really are no words to describe it. It's the feeling that Fall is right around the corner! And Fall is my FAVORITE time of year! I love the crisp air, college (OU) football on TV on a Saturday afternoon, jeans and sweaters, trips to the pumpkin patch, crock pot chicken chili, the vibrant leaves falling slowly from the trees, getting out my fall decorations and lighting a Continue Reading
Blogging For A Cause – Compassion International
If you've been reading my blog long enough (or you know me in real life) then you know I'm passionate about adoption and orphan care. God has made it pretty clear that I'm supposed to use my writing to educate others about adoption and the responsibility we have as Christians to care for orphans. "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." (James 1:27) I am Continue Reading