Entries from June 2009

June 27, 2009

Ten Great Personal Benefits to Blogging

1.         Blogging allows you to meet interesting new people that you would not ordinarily meet and it is a great tool for introducing yourself to others.
2.         Blogging is a great way to get attention to the cause of Christ and share information about your personal mission.  In less than one year (9 months) I have [...]

June 21, 2009

Honoring Dad on Father’s Day

Today is a day for honoring fathers.  I have a wonderful Christian father.
And a wonderful Christian husband who is the father of my children.
 I am doubly blessed!
 My husband is not perfect but in building a family and raising our children he has always sought the wisdom and power of the Lord and I couldn’t have [...]

June 15, 2009

Do you ever pray?

I don’t want to get too personal but do you ever pray?
In the last two years I have prayed more than at any other time in my entire life.
Yet, the challenges just keep on coming. 
This Sunday I heard a sermon on the value of persistence in prayer and the biblical text examined was Luke 18.   
The Holy [...]

June 6, 2009

What You Always Wanted to Know About Sabbath-rest but Were Afraid to Ask!

I took some much needed time off this week. It was a brief respite away from home and my daily grind but it yielded great benefits.
 
Given a few days away, I began the gradual unwinding process that is always needed and required for me to find true rest.
 
Today, I am back at home [...]