I don't know how many of you have ever walked on a sandy beach. Personally, my favorite part is the warm sand between your toes right at the water's edge. The part as you walk along you can see where you've been. The part that leaves a trail behind you for a little way before its all washed away. One poem that I really love is Footprints in the Sand. If you are not familiar ... Read More »
Beware of the Surf
I love this beach. Isn't it beautiful? I couldn't have gone on a better day to get a more beautiful picture. This was taken when my husband and I went on our honeymoon. Just to look at my pictures gives me such a peace. I taught kindergarten through second grade special education for a year in Hawaii. It is my home away from home. I look at this picture and I have saved ... Read More »
Lets Celebrate Every Day
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hope that your heart was filled with gratitude for all that you have been given. In, "Do We Have a Thankful Heart", I discussed the idea that it is easy for us to be thankful for the many things that we are given and to express our thanks on a holiday. We looked at the idea of being thankful and expressing it beyond our holiday ... Read More »
Do We Have a Thankful Heart?
It's easy this time of year to be thankful. It's easy for us to say we are thankful for our family, our homes, our food, and all the things that seem to flow from a grateful heart. It's easy to give praise and remember so well on Thursday all the greatness that has been provided to us. The excitement of the holiday also easily wears off and the stresses of life quickly become ... Read More »
Lay Down ALL Your Heavy Burdens
Recently, meaning the past couple of years, I have carried a very heavy heart. I felt like God was with me, yet I had this burden I could not shake. I felt I was trying all I could humanly do to get the situation to turn around. I spent time in prayer and felt God was clearly saying not right now or was He was saying maybe never. Will I ever get out of this season in my life? I ... Read More »