Grown in Faith

When my brother and I were little, we loved playing with our cousins on our aunt’s teeter totter. My brother’s favorite thing to do was to sit on it and not push up. So, I would be stuck in the air. My little legs dangling, yelling at him to put me down! It’s actually quite…

It’s amazing what you can see when you look up. Many times, in this life we look down. We look down at the hardships, at the trials. We see the dysfunction and the hurt and the pain. Though we don’t spend enough time looking up to God, whom so lovingly is reaching out towards us.…

God can’t be silenced No matter how some may have tried For the King can’t be denied They can try to object They can try to censor and cry They can try to tear apart and lie Though He is sovereign God always reigns And His truth always remains They can try to fight They…

I feel disheartened with the world lately. It seems the closer I get to God the more sin and dysfunction I can see. This world looks very different from the one in which I grew from. Just recently a great man’s life was taken for simply standing up for faith and morals. Another young woman’s…

When I was real little there was a special dolly at the store that I really wanted. I wasn’t the sort of kid to beg my parents for toys often, as I knew they didn’t have much. Although I did ask my mom for this particular dolly. My mom had to tell me no. Not…

God have Your hand in everything I do I know that with You, I will get through Guide me along the paths in which to take Help me along, in all the plans I make You are my hope, in everything its true Oh God, I know that I surely do need You I love…

I had very little patience for nonsense and selfish people today. While out getting groceries while driving, I had someone go in front of me with their car at a time where they should have waited. I had to share the store with someone with a child throwing a fit for seemingly not getting their…

“I want to be a pilot when I grow up!” My oldest said this for quite a few years when he was young. Although now that he’s older, his aspirations have changed. I do not know what job or career he will have when he’s grown. Though as long as he keeps his love for…

He bore the cross To save the lost Beaten and bruised Stricken and abused Mocked and slanderized Spat at and ostracized As nails pierced through His skin All to save us from our sin He holds the scars That were meant to be ours Yet often we pay Him no mind Just acknowledge on our…

The cardinal was my grandma’s favorite bird. She especially loved the bright red of the male cardinal. There was something extra captivating about the red against the white snow of winter. We have a male and female cardinal that visit us frequently and I smile as it makes me think of her. It is so…