In Other Words Tuesday - *“We are women, and my plea is, ‘Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing, but what God wants to give me, receiving with both hands, ...

Perfect Peace - *True peace comes from embracing what is, not from ceaseless striving to change everything around me to make my life more safe, secure, comfortable.” * *Da...

Inside Freedom - [image: Pinned Image] Church of Trees, Belgium I could stare into this photo for hours. Look down the path, and the middle tree is a cross. Exactly ...

Why do I ever rely on anything else? - As I continue my study in Isaiah, God continues to reveal Himself to me and I find myself wondering... ...why in the world do I rely on anything but HIM?! ...

He. Found. Me! - I posted this picture (along with others) at my Other Blog. A piano student of mine arranged my doll house yesterday. She did such a sweet job incorporati...

3 Strategies to increase how much water you’re drinking - As a mom focused on everyone else in my family, one of the hardest things to do is to drink enough water everyday. Water is amazing. Just like a car needs ...

Loving a Wild One - You have a wild one, a wild child you feel is out of control. You’re at your wits about what to do. You don’t want her to become a wild out-of-control teen...

Tee Time! - [image: sweetshotbutton] After raising 5 sons I was anxiously awaiting granddaughters! So…to my my great joy, the Lord blessed us with THREE go...

Finding Your Purpose Through Obedience - On a recent trip to a thrift store in my area, I noticed that the "Christian/Inspirational" section of donated books were almost exclusively works about d...

On the Job Training - As homeschoolers, we have the opportunity to learn right along with our kids. That's a benefit to homeschooling. So it's a little odd to me when people sug...

What If He Doesn’t Deserve My Respect? - Last week we looked at how should we are to treat our husbands.This week I thought we should look at respect. We are to show respect, or honor, to our hu...

The Duggar family: “open to receive whatever gifts God wants us to have” - [image: The Duggar family]Few Christian families have received as much national media attention and caused as much debate among people (even some believe...

A Sacred Journey - Coconut trees at the Bacolod-Silay Airport taken upon my arrival this afternoon Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture. ...

Pottery Barn Shades - Yes fake Roseville pieces are often valuable and considered a treasure. There are times that porcelain is believed to be that the *pottery barn shades* f...

This Kind of Day - We are having a *Spring* like day in the middle of January and I am loving it! Thanking God for a day like this. 61 degrees and I was able to wear a short ...

Humble Me… - It’s so contradictory to culture. Humble yourself and you look weak is what they would have us believe. The reality is that there is power in humility. I k...

Elaine is offering a gift-giveaway of my book and more... - When I saw a post on my facebook this morning that Elaine from Peace for the Journey was going to post a give-away of my book You Are Beautiful In God's...

Anointed, whether we know it or not - I'm starting to fall asleep as I type a scene for my book...not a good sign. So instead of berating myself and whining about how boring my book is, I've c...

Prayer... - *Dear Heavenly Father,* * * *As I look way up into the sky so blue,* *my thoughts are of You.* * As I look at the fine branches in this tree covered with ...

Wanting to Write - Today, I went to a Writer's Workshop. My mind is full. I learned at lot. And I hope that I will have the inspiration to once again be consistent here. I w...

Every life is precious because we are all made in the image of God... - January 22 is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday! http://www.heartlink.org/beavoice/ Join us over at Then Sings My Soul Saturdays: click here

Sanctitiy of Human Life...will your pastor be talking - Every week I have the opportunity to meet with women who might be facing an unplanned pregnancy. Let me be honest, it isn’t easy sitting across from a youn...

Tyger, Tyger - With Apologies to William Blake. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the bassinet at night, What aged Great-Aunt hand or eye Could shush thy tea...

Is Marsha MIA? - Here's a short little greeting from my heart to yours. Just sharin' life. [image: Marsha's Musings]

What is SOAP Journaling? - * * Every Christian should read and pray every day. It is a wonderful way to grow spiritually. However, through journaling, a Christian can grow even mor...

Money saving tips - I don't know about you, but for me each time I need to purchase laundry soap I cringe at the rising costs. Often I find myself pushing my cart up and down...

For a Time of Sorrow - “Sorrow is one of the things that are lent, not given. A thing that is lent may be taken away; a thing that is given is not taken away. Joy is given; sorr...

The Perfect "Living Sacrifice" - We know that Jesus came to die for us. That's what makes His birth so worth celebrating. But have we forgotten that He also came to live for us, that e...

Holiday Blog Hop...My favorite time of the year.... - [image: post signature]

Happy Thanksgiving! - Happy Thanksgiving Everyone JOY, Stephanie and Jossara Makenna

God Cares About the Littlest Things - I dropped the needle. Ugh. I'm already feeling stressed and frustrated. I don't have time to search for a needle. I have no choice. If I don't find it, som...

The Welsh Revival - *The Welsh Revival* *by Starr Jacobi* *Coal miner turned revivalist Evan Roberts, 26 *[Poem written by ISSM's Starr Jacobi as her 'book report' on Rick Joy...

2012...Here we come! - [image: Out_in_2012_sticker] Well, here I sit. Writing another post after a long hiatus. Why have I been absent for so long? Not sure of the answer. Yes, ...

Scripture Memorization #13 - Oh my goodness! Isn't life flying by at a rapid pace? It seems like these scripture posts are due about every 3 days . (Actually, the next one* is*due in 2...

- After the busy night last night (Sarah's shower), I was so exhausted this morning! Got to sleep in, got up and worked in the yard the whole day~! It was ...

Knowing Your Place - Just thought I share an e-mail sent to me. I have been having a rough go. My MS has flared and caused me to have to use a cane for a while. First time for ...

Meat Free Monday - I can tell it will be fun playing catch up with the rest of the vegetarian eating world... Website: Meat Free Monday

Below the Surface - Yesterday, I was setting out some fall plants in my small front-yard garden plot.  Currently, I have one half-hearted zinnia and one scraggly lantana.  Nothi...

Handmade Tuesdays [Handmade Pact] - Welcome to Handmade Tuesdays! If you have no idea what this is about click here to read about the Handmade Pact. ——— Hi everyone! My name is Stephanie an...

Watch your step! - I haven't been doing much house cleaning yesterday and today. *Sigh!* *You are pitying me, right?* Jim decided that while Ryan is away with my mom (Did I t...

Doctrinal divide confronts Mormons on immigration - Here's an interesting story. Not to sound sarcastic, but I wonder if we will see a new "revelation" come from the president of the Mormon church regarding...

No, Slow, Grow or Go? - Lately, while my tall, hairy son sits beside me in the car, (only in the driver's seat now), I am reminded how many times I've heard from others older and ...

Sunday Scripture - Today you can find me here.....

This blog is moving ... Read All About IT. - This is the header from my Wordpress Digs... "The Because I Love You" blog ended up being the place where I would cut my teeth writing and meet all sorts ...

Launching the New Typing One-Handed - Typing One-Handed is moving! I've wanted to expand TOH for a year. Finally the main site is up... I've got a lot of posts to move over there and then I'm g...

- The Benefits of a Deep Root System Planted by the Water The Hebrew word for planted is *shathal*. This verb means: 1) (Qal) to plant, transplant When we...

It's been a long time... - I'm back to blogging...it's been a long time away, more to come

FYI - I'm over here now. It's the same blog at a new address, and I hope you'll come take a peek. Thanks, Elizabeth