Old and New

           “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”  John 15:13 “Make new friends, but keep the old.  One is silver and the other gold.” I love this saying!  In the course of my life; God has...

Hearing Your Name

                                            “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”  Mark 4:23 I can tell by how my husband says my name; whether he’s sad, mad or glad. I am familiar with his voice.   Everyone loves to hear the sound of their own...

Create in me a clean heart, oh God

              “Create in me a clean heart oh God, and renew a right spirit in me.”  Psalm 91:10 Chad and Alex have worked hard to repair and restore our twenty year old house.  They have tirelessly pressure washed siding and side walks, caulked, painted...

Bible Study with Friends – FBC Madison [video #2]

Hi there sweet friends!!! I can’t believe it’s been an entire month since I have blogged!! I guess you can see that my time is definitely being spent in other places, but I sure am thankful for YOU being here right now. We are going to be moving on into...

Some Things are Hard to Understand

          “The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.” Psalm 41:3 I came home from an appointment, expecting to see the flooring guys putting down my floors. There was at least one vehicle in my driveway; where...

Patsy Perfect

Devotion:  “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”     Matthew 5:48 Do you know her?  Patsy Perfect?  Or at least that’s your perception of her.  Ever feel way less than her? Her life seems to always be in order....

Getting Focused

 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.”  Matthew 23:25 My husband and I have been cleaning out like we are moving. The trouble is; we are...

Fierce Strength

 “Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”   1 Samuel 17:45 I loved this Bible story as a...

Fear Rises out of Neglect

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Charles Spurgeon said; “Half our fears arise from the neglect of God’s Word.” Lisa Whittle in her book, “Put Your Warrior Boots...