Have you noticed how size can seem relative? When the kids are loud and running through the house, my house feels small. But when the house needs cleaning, it feels big. Really big. Too big for me to handle on my own. Sometimes, when I look around at our mess, the scale of it overwhelms …
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Short on Time
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 (NIV) Do you remember as a kid counting down the days until Christmas, summer vacation, a family holiday and yes, even your birthday? (That one’s not so fun to count down to anymore, is it?) As adults we still do it. We …
Taste that God is Good
We are a family of sweet tooth's. Sugary cereals live in my pantry because my husband helps with grocery shopping (so do the kids) and it seems like a reasonable trade off. We have pop in our house on the weekend, and family movie night wouldn’t be complete without popcorn and licorice. The kids’ …
Watching the Highlights
The premise of a movie released a number of years ago intrigues me. One of the main characters is in an accident and looses her short term memory. From that point on, she can remember everything that happened before the accident, but nothing that happens after. She wakes up every morning believing …
Where Does Your Confidence Lie?
Have you ever played the Trust Game? You know, the one where you fall back into the arms of the person standing behind you, trusting they won’t let you fall. You learn pretty quickly whether or not your friends trust you to catch them, but you also discover somethings about yourself. You catch a …