The holidays can be difficult ; I won’t try to portray anything that will sugar-coat it. Balancing joy and grief is tricky. It’s never easy

In this day and age, it’s easy to get wrapped up focusing entirely on what isn’t right, forgetting that there is still goodness scattered ar

Warning: this IS a post labeled under loss and grief . ~Steffan Russell Hardesty~ “…the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed...

Nothing compares to giving to the Lord and others - being His hands and feet is so satisfying.

Life provides us lessons daily. We respond to stimuli daily. From the moment our feet hit the floor until we lay down our heads at night, op

It's almost time to "fall back" an hour until springtime - in fact, it's this weekend. I think I wish we could just stay with the same time

When we pray, God is listening and He ultimately knows what's best for us in every area of life and He loves us - so we can trust Him with

I'll admit, I haven't thought about one of these little toys in quite a long time and I even had to look the word up to spell it correctly.

It hasn't been easy and if I could've changed the story line, I most probably would have. Actually, I'm pretty sure we'd all skip the hard

As I threw some seasoning on some chicken thighs today, I deviated from the norm and cautiously branched out into the unknown…and the chicke

As the coolness of the evening envelopes me and all is still, I can only thank the Lord for a life lived with Him. I didn’t do anything to d

Oh my, this hit close to home for me this afternoon. I just want to find those people and wrap my arms around them and I want to be sure ...

...we are His and all in the process of becoming all He wants us to be. We come together to combine our strengths and divide our weaknesses

Who knew, but the Lord, that while I was flushing my frustrations and giving them to Him, He was doing something far bigger within me.

The stories of our lives. We are who we are today because of the experiences and lessons we've learned throughout our lives. We, like those

For everything, there is definitely a season. What does your heart need today? God will be everything you need - and with you all the way. I

Yes, I'm so thankful God is always there to carry us into our tomorrows. No matter what's going on in our world, He's there with all the ten

A sweet friend sent me this pic the other day, with a text that said, "Well, this isn't something you see everyday" to which my reply was, "

I’ve realized all over again lately the effect words can have on a heart and the importance of choosing them wisely.

Sometimes the simplest things are the most difficult to remember and carry out during the heat of the battle, especially when we find oursel