Do you like what you do? Do you enjoy your work? I hope so because you probably spend a sizable sum of your time at your labors. The Bible teaches that we need to invest heartily in our work and do it with a healthy degree of zest and enthusiasm. Today I read in Ecclesiastes 9:10, “Whatever your hand finds… Read More
No one likes a bad day: The day when you get your first traffic ticket and ruin your clean streak. The day when you had big plans, but instead someone gets sick and you end up cancelling everything to tend to them and take them to the doctor, worrying and fretting because the symptoms are never something “normal.” The day… Read More
A friend of mine was recently talking with a Christian couple when the husband and father used some pretty foul language. My friend paused in the middle of the conversation to address this man’s repeated use of bad language. She asked him if he normally used such words and did he talk that way at home. The man hung his… Read More
Well, oddly enough, right after I posted that last post about my daughter Abby last week, she got sick. And I mean she’s been pretty sick. The kind of sick that makes a mama worry and lose sleep and do a lot of praying for things like health and wisdom and stamina and peace. So that’s why I’ve not been… Read More
I want my daughter to enjoy life to its fullest. I want her to be well-liked–not necessarily the most popular girl around, but likable, good natured, and friendly enough to be received by her peers. I want her to have a healthy dose of self-confidence, to feel good about herself, and to see herself as the wonderful woman God has… Read More
Several months ago I received a multipage letter in the mail from my friendly city library. I know libraries and more specifically librarians try to be friendly (I’m assuming they do), but I just tend to have problems with libraries. For one thing, it seems to be harder to get a library a card these days than it is to… Read More