Posts tagged “Contentment”
Number our days
Did you get a new planner for the new year? Oh, that clean calendar feeling! Nothing but blank space for as far as the…
A good, quiet life
The apostle Paul wrote this to the Christians living in Thessalonica: “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your…
Your future self: Hope for the New Year
I love New Year’s! It’s a time of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward what’s ahead (Philippians 3:13 paraphrase). A time of…
Christmas “feast”
There’s a tradition in my family that I love. When my parents were young church workers, fresh out of college, they didn’t make a…
The joy of not owning
When you’re staying at a hotel, do you bring pictures along and nail them up on the walls? Do you leave the water running…
A case of the grumbles
Why are we so good at grumbling? Whenever I ask my kids to load the dishwasher, I usually get at least ten minutes of…
More than enough
You can never have enough money. Have you learned that yet? It’s a hard truth for us to grasp. We always feel like we…
Walk what you talk!
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman has been used countless times by couples and businesses alike to identify various ways people feel and…
Jesus is the more your heart longs for
My husband, Steve, and I recently visited an art museum. We didn’t have a lot of time, but we were in a big city…
Test and trust
“Don’t test me right now!”—All parents everywhere at the end of their proverbial ropes All kids have heard this phrase uttered by their parents,…
Honoring God in everything
There are so many ways for you and me to use ALL the tools at our disposal to honor God in our day-to-day lives….
Fresh and green
“It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, proclaiming your love in the morning and your…