Q is for Quieted “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” Zeph. 3:17 I’m reading The Poisenwood Bible and Nathan Price, a missionary to Africa, sees God …
P is for protected I would call it a sleep-over, the nights when my husband traveled. The young children would gleefully set up camp on the floor of my room, and I would lock us in and put a chair in front of the door. Hours would tick by as I …
O is for Offshoot “However strong the branch becomes, however far away it reaches round the home, out of sight of the vine, all its beauty and all its fruitfulness ever depend upon that one point of contact where it grows out of the vine. So be it with us …
N is for New Creation My laptop has a big green REFURBISHED sticker on the bottom. Since I like a deal as much as the next girl, a returned/repaired unit appeals to me. The discount convinces me to look past the fact that someone else used it before me. When …
M is for meekness. I admire meekness because it doesn’t come easy for my pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps personality. Growing up my younger siblings nicknamed me bossy. My mom would continually remind me I was not the mother – and she did not need my help disciplining her children. As an adult working in accounting, I …
