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“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Do you remember those words spoken by the evil queen in the Snow White fairy tale? Every time the queen approached the mirror, she fully expected the mirror to reply, “You, O queen, are the fairest of them all.” And watch out if this […]
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What do you do when faced with surprising challenges? A recent trip to Zion National Park taught me some valuable lessons in persevering through difficulty. * * * * Don’t look down. Don’t look down. These are the words I repeated to myself over and over on the Hidden Canyon trail we hiked in […]
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Today’s post is by Melanie Wilson, a Christian psychologist turned homeschooling mother of six! Find out more about her at the end of the post. #1 I’ll remember that I have a really good short-term memory. I can memorize information for a test and do well, for example. But if my son asks me to […]
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Seasons of waiting and delay frustrate us–especially if we have trouble finding purpose in the wait. Elizabeth had a long wait. The Bible tells us that the mother of John the Baptist was “advanced in years” when she gave birth to him. Elizabeth waited a long time to be a mother. She probably questioned her […]
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Hold up your hand if you like waiting. Although I can’t see your hands through the computer screen, I would venture that no one raised her hand. And yet, because we often need to wait, we want to learn how to wait well I hate the word wait. It’s a four-letter word that should be […]
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Wouldn’t you love to overhear someone say about you, “She’s got the look”? Well, you do! Some lessons from when I worked at a bridal salon explain why. Years ago, I worked as a seamstress at the local wedding shop. I loved seeing the transformation I saw when a girl in shorts and flip flops […]
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Where can you take your complaints? I mean, is it alright to complain to God? An incident with my dishwasher helped me understand this better. It all started with a box of dishwasher detergent. We bought a new box of the stuff and soon began noticing a change in our dishes. I grumbled to my […]
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When my oldest grandson was about a year-and-a-half old, he developed a fascination with clocks. He would look up at the clock and ask, “What time is it?” We would answer with the correct time and go on playing with him or eating our lunch. Two minutes later he would ask again, “What time is […]
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When my husband and I moved to Illinois, we lived in a fifty-year-old home that was full of problems. The basement leaked. The windows were painted shut and the well-water turned my laundry orange. I couldn’t wait to get out of that old house. I wanted something new. After several years of waiting, God gave […]
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My daughter and her family live in China. They have been studying the difficult Mandarin language for almost three years and are quite fluent now. Which amazes me because when we visit them I am astounded at how anyone could learn such a beautiful, yet complex, language. Recently I was reading about the phrase ling […]
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