Tag: rest

out of the chaos 05.08.2020

Horses were a big deal in the Ancient Near East. Horses were a sign of wealth, they were a vehicle for war, they pulled chariots, carried kings. In the book of Deuteronomy, the Lord gave instructions to Moses regarding a king. He knew that one day the people of Israel would want a king just …

Daily Reads 05.08.2019

Listen: Just Be by Kim Walker Smith Before you click out of this post thinking, “I don’t have time to listen to a song right now!” let me tell you, it will take less than five minutes of your time. Will you choose to be concerned about the details or sitting at the feet of …

Daily Reads 04.08.2019

Today I am practicing JOMO. It’s not easy. Saying no to something brought up all kinds of FOMO. After all, was I going to miss something? What if it was really cool? What if they come home and say how wonderful it all was? But I said no. And here is why. I needed to …

Daily Reads 4.03.2019

Yesterday I picked up my granddaughter from daycare. Rather than going out to the highway which is fastest, I drove on the county roads. I saw all kinds of beautiful homes, fields, woods as the road curved up and over the hills and around the bends. I thought it was pretty clever until I was …

Be still…and know!

Last Saturday my daughters, granddaughter and I flew to Florida to celebrate my youngest daughter’s 25th birthday. Wow! My youngest daughter is 25! What happened to the time? How did the years sneak by so quickly? What am I going to be when I grow up? (I don’t know if we ever stop asking that …