Tag: Blogging

It’s About the Heart

In church last Sunday we continued with our sermon series on the Essential Jesus based on the Sermon on the Mount. The scripture reading for the day was Matthew 6:1-18. There are three things that Jesus talks about in this passage of scripture: Giving to...

Psalm 121 – My Help Comes from the Lord

Yesterday one of my fellow bloggers, April from over at Thoughts from the Porch, commented on my post and suggested that I read Psalm 121. I happened to be out shopping with my son, waiting for him to finish getting something for his best friend’s...

Focus on the Known

Some things in life are unknown. Right now I’m facing the unknown of health concerns. After multiple tests, doctors still don’t know what is causing recent symptoms. I do have a list of what it is not. Whenever a test reveals that it is not...

Receiving and Giving

In the past two weeks I have received two blogging awards from fellow bloggers. I hope the givers of these two awards won’t mind if I combine my acceptance of the awards into a single post. Between the busy-ness of life and not feeling well...

A Psalm (by Linda)

During 2011, to help me meet my post-a-day challenge, I posted a Psalm every Sunday. I may do that some Sundays in 2012, too, because it was a popular posting theme. I think these posts were popular because the Psalms are such wonderful prayers that...

Ending and Beginning

Well, this is the end – my final post to complete the 2011 Post-a-day challenge that I started on Jan. 1, 2011. I made it to the end without missing a single day. You might think that I had therefore posted 365 posts this year,...

Blogging – A Poem

For my last Thankful Thursday of 2011, I thought I’d write a poem about how thankful I am for the opportunity to blog and the technology that makes it possible. I am also thankful for my fellow bloggers, this wonderful community that I have become...

Manna for the Day

When the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, God provided them with food called manna. The word “manna” is a Hebrew word that literally means “what is it?” The Israelites didn’t know what it was, but they discovered that it was nutritious...

Perseverance – My Tuesday Three

The apostle Paul wrote a lot about perseverance. Here is the quote I promised I would share today: Pressing on Toward the Goal Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of...