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You will keep the mind that is dependent on You in perfect peace, for it is trusting in You.  Isaiah 26:3 Is anything more difficult than waiting on something? Your birthday...Christmas...graduation...vacation...a job...marriage...a baby...an answer to prayer...test results. The days seem to drag on, especially as the big event draws closer. When I wrote I can relate. , I had some things in mind that maybe one day I would be writing about from past experiences.  I had no idea the first follow up post would be about something that has just occurred in the past week. NOTE:   personal story of the female kind ahead...FYI. Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time. Hebrews 4:16 As of right now, I am awaiting results on a biopsy taken this morning of calcification desposits located in my left breast. Sometime between Friday and next Wednesday one of three findings wi...

Happy Birthday, Alex! Today we celebrated Alex's 11th Birthday.  It began early...and ran late.  He and Tim are just getting off to bed now.   It has been a week long celebration beginning in IN over last weekend with my family.  Usually we take off school on the boys' birthdays, but because he had his golfing and birthday celebration with Nana and Pawpaw on Monday, we had school today...after the annual stop at Duncan Donuts for two round goodies with holes in the middle (three if you count the FREE one he was given, too, but hasn't devoured yet).  I cannot complain for I was introduced to pumpkin spice {decaf} coffee today.  I am in love.  Yes, in LOVE! Moving on...even though I could really go for another cup of that amazing brew... DD, school, and lunch with Grandpa and Grandma Roth completed our morning.  Alex chose to eat lunch at the Downtown Grill.  It was a wonderful surprise that he chose this particular restaurant be...

I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17b-19 There are times when I can so relate to certain folks in the Bible.   As I read the adventures of success and failure, good times and bad, I sometimes wonder if they (whomever it is at the time) had any clue that many moons later their story would have an effect on a life in the 21st century.  And, is it not just like God to use His living and active Word (Hebrews 4:12) to bring relevance and hope to life today through the experiences of His people years ago?   Personally, I think it's awesome. Today, the pretty life is what is mostly displayed for the world to see.  All things great, comical, or otherwise happy are okay to share across social media.  Or major c...

The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn, to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the Lord to glorify Him. Isaiah 61:1-3 This past weekend I had an opportunity to catch up with some dear friends from my college days at Taylor...Fort Wayne.  The hours spent reminiscing on Saturday were sweet.  The joys of actually being live-and-in-person with people whom mean so much to me...whom have influenced my life for the better...whom know me and still love me anyway, are unending. Our paths crossed, in time, ...

Ordered 4 canvas prints off of Shutterfly today. So excited to see them hanging on the walls in a few days! They are all from favorite travels to South Africa, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Alaska. Canvas Print View the entire collection of cards.

“Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been  the two most beautiful words in the English language.”  ― Henry James Grayton Beach State Park lunch date with my handsome boys date night at home family time a reminder of God's promises Bible Memory Camp sunrise... ...sunset shared recipes comfort food reunion with friends fishing The best thing...summer's not over yet! Stay tuned for the rest of the story.

My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. Then I thought: My future is lost, as well as my hope from the Lord. Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison. I continually remember them and have become depressed. Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! I say: The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. Let him sit alone and be silent, for God has disciplined him. Let him put his mouth in the dust - perhaps there is still hope. Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; le...