Trust.

trust (noun) 1.  reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. 2.  confident expectation of something; hope. 3.  confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust. 4.  a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust. It’s a wonderful word.  As a noun it just exists.  A non tangible idea.  Just a short little five letter word.  So extremely easy to say. As a verb though…as a verb it can be a little more difficult to actually do. 13.

Lent reflections.

40 days of temptation, in the wilderness He went, In obedience He denied Himself, free from all sin. 40 years of wandering, in the desert they were spent, Two faithful men of God to the promised land went in. As the dead man to Elisha, my dead flesh touched your bones, I sprang to life

the wait

Like a train pulling into the station Like peace in the in the eye of the storm The quiet of an early morning The breeze before the storm The wait on a quiet day is where I sit and stay I don’t mind as I wait Your direction, as I await Your say.

Beautiful.

From:  http://theorybecomesfact.tumblr.com/post/1541286988/psalm-45-11-the-king-is-enthralled-by-your

Why I home school? (Part 2)

I cannot divorce the issue of my salvation from my decision to home school.  They are interlinked on many levels and many decisions that followed. As the Lord was pursuing me that spring semester 1991, He brought several Christian couples around me to share love for Himself and His word.  Several were from a small

Why I home school? (part 1)

Proverbs 4:2 2 I give you sound learning,     so do not forsake my teaching. I was buying my monthly supply of allergy medication from the pharmacist at Wal-Mart…she recognized my address from being the area where she lives… “Are you going to the football game tonight?  Are your kids in our district?” No, I had to

hope…

Ann’s post stirs the reminder from 2007…Hope became my word. I lost a baby in miscarriage, I lost my grandmother who was going to move in with us. It was the year of the double blow and I was left weakened, physically and emotionally.  But not spiritually.  I got pneumonia in November of that year

Perspective.

archaic : an optical glass (as a telescope) Origin of PERSPECTIVE Middle English perspectyf, from Medieval Latinperspectivum, from neuter of perspectivus of sight, optical, from Latin perspectus, past participle of perspicere to look through, see clearly, from per- through + specere to look First Known Use: 14th century        I visited one of my hometowns this past weekend.  It was smaller than my memories.  My mind’s eye had focused upon

…the heavens declare…

Psalm 19:1 [ Psalm 19 ] For the director of music. A psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Life is good…

with God. I am blessed in so many ways.  As last week unfolded and we were preparing for a much desired get away to the beach…Japan was in chaos, the middle east was in chaos…and yet, His peace sustained me. And I wonder at the many differences between our standard of living in America compared