{31 days} be still and know

Just last evening I found out about a challenge called 31 days of writing on one topic.  I thought: I should do that! It might get me back in the groove of posting more frequently... but, everyday? Can I do that? I mean, if I could, would I not already be? But I have...

a mother’s law {day 1}

Normally, I think: these are for me as a child–I should not forsake the spiritual upbringing my parents gave me. I think of children in general, even my own children, and how they need to learn to listen and obey…

deliver me {day 2}

...to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things... Proverbs 2:1-12 We must seek after God's Words and hide them in our heart in order to acquire knowledge and wisdom But just having God's Words in our head {memorized}  does...

not of the world {day 3}

Last night in my church's special Revival Services, the Lord touched my heart. He convicted me about my witness... out in public, not an online public, but where people see the actual flesh and blood of my body and who I am. Though He has many times spoken to my heart...

thine own path {day 4}

Let thine eyes look right on [on your own path], and let thine eyelids look straight before thee [literally, right in front of you]. Ponder the path of thy feet [think about where you are going], and let all thy ways be established [this will strengthen what you are...

dangers of being “strange” {day 5}

What is growing me today! Proverbs chapter 5 gives warning to a young man about the dangers of the "strange woman."    I would like to think that there is not a whole lot for me, a Christian, trying-to-be-Godly woman to really get out of that.   But, there is...

marriage thoughts {day 6}

  So, today we had a wedding at our church-two young people who grew up in our church... who had a beautiful engagement and now wedding. I am praying their marriage is just as beautiful!   I read the Proverb for today, and there was many directions I could...

the Lord’s joy… my strength {day 7}

Sundays are a little hectic. Usually I try not to schedule or allow anything that might take away from any calmness that might be found in getting ready for church services and praying for our Pastor. Thus, I did not get my post typed out yesterday for day 7. But the...

when life happens {day 8}

You know the saying "Life is what happens after you make plans."? That was my day today. I had plans to "farm the kids out" {not really, just asked a trusted, sweet lady to keep them for the day}... so I could concentrate on some truly necessary things in our home...

soul rest {day 9}

Do you know when your children just really need some extra rest? The fussiness, crankiness, general irritability--that just screams at you, “Please put me in my bed and let my body rest!” yep, that's a pouty face... Some days, my spirit is like that. The children’s...

noticing a mote {day 10}

One of the passages I read this morning was in Luke 6... where the Lord Jesus says: Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? ...why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own...

the fulness of life {day 11}

I read recently where someone was saying that [one of] the problems with the church is that she is not teaching us about how to "work." One commenter dubbed it the "doctrine of vocation." Here is a quote which nearly sums the article: "Christianity is given (sold?) to...

giving good gifts {day 12}

"after" - this makes my heart sing. Sometimes, it is frustrating to realize just how much like a little child {my children, no less!} I act.  When they are asked to complete a very simple chore: please take the toys off of the bookshelves, because you know they do not...

having answers {day 13}

For nearly 2 weeks I have posted each day of things the Lord has shown me either from personal Bible reading to in the simple day-to-day of being at home with my children. Today, I have read several familiar passages {as was in my scheduled reading} and 1 of my usual...

is that ENTHUSIASM I see? {day 14}

Sunday's and today's "be still and know" posts both come from the messages yesterday. Last evening the preacher spoke from Psalm 119:33-40 about several attitudes of King David that caused him to have such a close relationship with God. Amid the points such as: be...

compared to oxen {day 15}

compared to oxen {day 15}This from the Proverb for yesterday.  Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. Proverbs 14:4I heard this verse preached several times while in Bible College. I had never actually understood it...