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I hate ivy.  I really do.  I didn’t always feel this way about it.  I used to like it and think it was pretty, especially on the sides of old stone buildings.  But that was before.  Before I owned a home with an acre of land that is almost completely ringed on three...

What comes to mind when you think of the word “win”? Given my competitive nature, winning in some kind of sport or game is the first thing that comes to mind.  I’m not athletic personally but love to watch sports and am definitely happy when my team wins. And, given...

Before I met my husband, I always associated snow with being “snowed in”.  I liked being stuck inside all day, enjoying the beauty of the earth being covered in white.  At least for the first day anyway! But my husband associates snow with “get out and drive around”. ...

“I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.”  3 John 4 I’m not a parent myself*, but I imagine that every parent would agree with John – that there is no greater joy than knowing that your children are making good decisions, living...

The following is a true story. As I was leaving Sunday school, I was chatting with a friend, and I could tell that Jim was kind of hanging around like he wanted to talk to me.  I’m not sure if I had even spoken to him before.  I had been gone for two months that...

It was an unusual place to be in complete darkness.  My husband and I had planned a little Valentine’s Day getaway last weekend just for the night at a nice hotel only thirty minutes from our home.  We had checked in that afternoon, gone out for a wonderful dinner,...

Whatever it was that they had, I wanted it. They had peace and didn’t worry all the time. They had a healthy self-esteem and felt good about themselves. They had a special joy about them. These things did not describe my 16-year-old self. I had never met anyone like...

“Purpose?  Me?  This blog doesn’t apply to me.  God could never use me.” I’m confident that there are women who will find this blog and will think that – that God can never use them and therefore there is no great purpose for their lives.  Maybe it was something they...

There is something wonderful about the start of a new year, isn’t there?  A clean calendar and planner to fill in.  The promise of a fresh start and the anticipation of what the year will hold.  Maybe relief that the last year has ended because it was full of...

Starting a ministry to women and writing this blog leaves me thinking often about the women God uses and how He uses them.  What can I learn from the women in Scripture and the godly women who have come along since then?  I want to glean whatever I can to be a vessel...