Grown in Faith

Another exciting game of baseball! The batter walks up to bat. He positions himself to swing, the pitcher throws the ball. “Strike”, the umpire yells! “No way, that totally looks like a ball,” I say to myself. Though what the umpire calls, is what it is, even if it isn’t. I want to be frustrated…

I walked through a garden, where nature had overgrown Leaving flowers everywhere, all to be shown Ivy and leaves and insects too Growing and thriving, some of them new The sun shined in the sky, revealing more to be seen What a beautiful, lovely, glorious, scene I bent down to look at a bumblebee God…

God is so detailed oriented and intentional in His design for creation. From the human body and its complexities, to the small birds that can miraculously fly in the bitter cold winters, to the intricate details of a flower, to the sun, moon, sky and the universe in general. He truly is the greatest artist,…

I read something today about a man, when he was a teenager, had made a poor choice. He went to a party, decided to get drunk, and found himself in a morally compromising place. He called his mom to get him, as he knew that he needed to get out of that situation. His mom…

250 years of freedom. Wow, that’s incredible! I think we take that for granted here in the United States. Though what a privilege it is to have so many freedoms. Though the best freedom is our freedom with our faith. The fact that we can openly give God the praise He deserves. We can spend…

The other day, I didn’t want to. I didn’t want to get out of bed. I didn’t want to go get groceries. I didn’t want to do housework. I just wanted to have a lazy day. Although I knew, things had to get done. I felt God encouraging me to get up. So, somewhat reluctantly,…

There’s a painting that hangs on our wall. It was one that I painted for my husband after we miscarried our baby. It shows my husband and I and our baby, shown as a toddler, walking hand in hand towards what could be described as heaven. I’m not the best painter by any means, although…

Spoiled milk. Yup, that was the case recently. Fortunately, no one got sick, praise God! However, I had made some food for my husband’s work lunch, using this milk, that had gone bad. I did not realize this until my husband had already left for work with the lunch I had packed him. I had…

Recently, a young boy was attacked by a shark. He was saved due to the quick and selfless actions of his older brother. By God’s goodness, the boy attacked is expected to make a full recovery and his brother was unharmed. I can only imagine the level of gratitude his parents feel toward their son…

I encountered someone recently that really had me work on my level of grace and how to hold my tongue. This individual I think enjoyed the sound of their voice and thought quite highly of themselves. Ultimately, I let them talk and politely walked away from the conversation as soon as the opportunity arose. I…