There are often days that occur in our lives that we will never forget. They can be happy days like our wedding day or the birth of our children. They can be sad days like the loss of a parent, sibling or a spouse. We often remember every detail, every conversation, every feeling. I don’t…

I love to bake. It’s something I’ve grown up watching and learning. The Thanksgiving and Christmas season before my dad opened his own bakery, our house was a temporary one. Cookies, pies, and boxes were everywhere. Our house smelled amazing all day long. When the real bakery finally opened, the long hours began, work started…

We all know the story of Jonah. He was told by God to go to Nineveh to preach to them. Instead, he went in the opposite direction, got on a ship, a storm arose, he was thrown overboard, a great fish swallowed him, he stayed there three days, he prayed to God, was spit out…

There are some things in this life we must do that nobody else can do for us, in order to be right. No one can study for a test for you, no one can take a test for you, and no one can do your exercising for you, except you!  If my husband exercises every…

When the people of Judah returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem after 70 years, they had quite the mess to clean up. The walls of the city were still in ruins that would need to be rebuilt for protection.  The temple that had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar needed rebuilt so they could have a place to…

The word “faithfully” is used in ten verses in the Bible and only once in the New Testament, “Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers” (3 John 5). John uses this word to point out the attitude Gaius had toward others. In the Greek language, it means a person…

Just about every morning, while I’m eating my breakfast, I watch some sort of “fly over” video on YouTube. These videos are of beautiful places I have never been and more than likely will never be. These beautiful places look so peaceful and perfect. The sun is always shining. There is never any traffic, police…

The Bible is filled with lots of names. Some we are very familiar with, but there are also names we are not. Some of those unfamiliar names take us some extra looking through our pages of scripture to figure out who they are. Some of these names are just names mentioned once with a little…

Have you ever been in a place and wondered why am I here? Have you ever had the plan you had laid out for your life change unexpectedly? What about reaching another stage in your life and wondering what now? These are some questions that have crossed my mind over the years. That different stage…