Due to a busy spring and the thought that maybe prices would go down on plants, we did not start our garden until early June. (The cost was a faulty misconception – vegetables seemed expensive this year!) We are just now beginning to see our tomatoes turn vibrant shade of red. But this delay has […]
Continue readingMonth: August 2013
(Please) Line Up at the Door
Many public and private schools across Nebraska are starting again today or tomorrow. I like all of the back to school sales and the excitement of a new year. But, with homeschooling, our days fluctuate a bit more, and we never completely stop school, so that first day is not quite as significant (although we […]
Continue readingOvercoming Line
Romans 8:37 “In all these things, we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.” I was not quite into my American Idol years when her powerful voice hit the stage. (My husband & I managed to follow the show for a few years and liked watching the contestants – not often the “famous” singers performing […]
Continue readingLine of Witnesses
An encouraging reminder that I need daily, especially as I continue to learn to crave God more than food! Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. […]
Continue readingThat fluctuating line on the scale
One of the items that I inherited from my grandmother was her scale. The “old-fashioned” kind where a black line waves at you as opposed to digital numbers staring back at you. The kind where if you stood on one foot, the numbers changed. And if you jumped up and down, the numbers went all […]
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