He says we are “blessed” – happy or fortunate – when we are poor in spirit, when we are meek, when we mourn. He’s announcing the coming of God’s kingdom, where things are as God intends them to be. Today we’re on the fourth Beatitude:“Blessed are those who hunger and th...
Honestly, right now, we're kind of doing a combo of both number one and number two. We do try to get out at least once a month on a Friday or Saturday, but we especially make it a point if my husband is going on a business trip or has just returned from one. 3) Ask another ...
Nadyne is one of the many delightful cousins I was blessed with on the Hayden side of the family. She is a few years younger than me, but we spent a lot of time together growing up. She is notorious for giving hugs and loves the entire world. She’s just one of those genuinely goo...
Saturday April 12 entry: Very early this morning (like so early it was really the night before ), I went with my sister to the airport. At 5:30 we boarded a flight for Toronto, then on to Philadelphia – where we met up with Wendy’s nephew Ezra, then a few other of her relat...
Overworked and Blessed: A Christmas Story I stopped for another traffic light. Dear God, I don’t have time for this. It’s almost Christmas and I’m not ready. I’m so tired and my head hurts. Please, I need help. A few minutes later, I rounded the corner and parked in the ...
So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. Lord Genesis 2:4 The Creation of Man and Woman These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God mad...
word, she went to work to see that there was food. She acted on her faith and her love for Naomi. She listened to and obeyed her mother-in-law and that obedience lead to her having a husband, a son and a new life that blessed her and Naomi and at a future time – all of us...
But there’s a reason for living way down in the valley That only the mountain knows Most of us are blessed with at least a few of these mountaintop experiences that give us the ability to see beyond our immediate situation. While some have many more such happy memories than others, the...
I thought about that for a moment. I reflected back on how this guy could’ve just blessed me with his smile and his rewards card, but instead he had to insert his opinion. And that whole encounter based on the negativity of his “two cents” threatened to steal the joy I had felt ...
“In the aftermath of Saturday’s terrorist and military attacks on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “The forces of civilization must support Israel in defeating Hamas…In fighting Hamas, Israel is not only fighting for its own people, it is figh...