On Sunday I made the worst parenting mistake I’ve ever made. Earlier in the day, I went to church and sang beautiful songs to my God. I listened earnestly to the sermon. After the service I prayed with two ladies. We came home and fireworks exploded between one of my girls and me. I could…
“Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.” Psalm 95:1 NIV Today I want to praise the Lord with you. I want to shout aloud, or write, to the Rock…
This is my favorite go-to dessert. I love anything chocolate and especially a brownie. My mom used to make these brownies. When I moved out-of-state when I was 20, she wrote the recipe on a card. I still use that card today. I thought of taking a picture of it, but the card is quite stained…
“The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deuteronomy 34:27a (NIV) I must confess that Deuteronomy is one of my favorite Old Testament books. I’m guessing you may be thinking why. I know, it’s one of those books that we tend to skip because it’s full of rules. But I would…
“Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.” Hebrews 3:1 NIV I take a medication that has a side effect of causing blindness. Each year I get my annual eye exam. This year I was required to do a specialized test called…
I LOVE chocolate cake. I love it so much that when I give the spelling test every Friday I use chocolate cake in every sentence with each spelling word. This is not my original recipe and there is no way to perfect this recipe. In fact, you probably have it in your pantry right now. It is on the…
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrews 13:9 I sat down to write this post with Orlando weighing heavy on my mind. I asked the Lord to give me a word to share today with you. As I prayed I opened my Bible randomly to Hebrews. My eyes fell on the little…
Day 5. In one week I organized everything in my house except Kate’s bedroom and my bedroom. Not bad. Today we tackled Sara’s room. That took a lot longer than I thought it would. We got rid of 3 bags of trash and donated another 2 bags. I don’t understand how in 3 years she…
Yesterday I did not get to my bedroom as I had originally planned. I spent the day organizing little thing, for example, I organized my recipe box. I got rid of recipes I never use. I have a habit of ripping recipes out of a magazine and throwing them in the cabinet in my kitchen…
This is one of my recipes I go to when the hot summer days start to become unbearable. Lemon Poppy-Seed Tea Cake is a delight on the tongue. The sour lemon and the sweet sugar glaze are a perfect combination. It’s like a sophisticated glass of lemonade in a cake. I chose to make it for the…