I want to share something that God was telling me this morning. It was such a great reminder to not only give others grace, but give grace to ourselves as well. Christians are NOT perfect. A Christian makes mistakes, sins, makes bad choices, and sometimes even wanders off from their relationship with God. This does

The other night I was watching the movie trailer for Heaven is for Real on YouTube with my daughter. After watching it a couple of times, she said “I can’t wait to meet Jesus! I wish I could meet him now!”  She often tells me that she can’t wait to get to Heaven so she can see

“They don’t know my peace. They run around doing, doing, doing and don’t take or make time to experience what I have for them. They haven’t left room in their lives for me. They are full to capacity and don’t realize how that hurts them. They are afraid to sit still and listen for me.

Are you a workaholic? Do you feel you must always be busy working on something and not allow yourself time to rest or time to play? I understand. I am always working on something, planning something, creating something. My husband is worse than I am. He is always working and rarely is able to turn his brain

Raising kids is such a blessing and a challenge.  I am amazed daily at what my children are capable of and how wonderful they are!  But, like every parent, there are times that I just want to pull my hair out or just go hide under the covers in my bed.  I know parents who

This month is my dad’s birthday and to celebrate, I want to share a story of his journey from Latvia to America. This was written by my son, Truitt, for his 5th grade Family Tree project many, many years ago. Enjoy! This is the story of how my (Truitt) grandfather’s family came to America. My

I need to preface this article with the fact that I actually wrote it back on February 25, 2017. One month later, on March 25, I was mauled by a dog and seriously injured. I will save the full story of that incident for a future article, but the short story is that I had