Saturday, November 30, 2024
A November Collection: Our Sacrifice of Thanksgiving, A Good Book, and a Blessed Thanksgiving Day
Sunday, October 27, 2024
An October Collection: Our New Deck, and a Few Autumn Recipes
Friday, August 23, 2024
My August Reading Pile
New Morning Mercies - an insightful devotional book, one reading for each day of the year. My husband are reading this together most evenings, all the year through. Morning, or evening, we are thoroughly enjoying the deep truths Paul David Tripp shares applying the Gospel to our everyday lives.
Soul Keeping - filled with insight into “Caring For the Most Important Part of You” (the subtitle of the book). I’m about halfway through this book, and am being encouraged much in this most important focus of our lives. This book is adding emphasis to our current intentional focus on taking a day of the week to pause from our tasks and responsibilities, caring for the most important part of ourselves.
Of Love and Treason - this historical fiction book by Jamie Ogle captures life in Rome around 270 AD, and specifically the life of St. Valentine, who stood up during tumultuous times, strong in faith, living out a life of love amidst the adversity of the persecution of Christians in Rome. An enlightening, heart-breaking, and encouraging read. (I completed this book mid-month, and now, am almost finished with another historical fiction book, The Paris Dressmaker, set during World War II.)
These books all wait in line after my primary reading of my (in)Courage Devotional Bible. My current rhythm is to read chronologically, using the sequence found in the Chronological Life Application Study Bible. I am absolutely loving reading chronologically, sometimes reading the chronological passage in my Devotional Bible, sometimes reading it in the Study Bible itself. Currently I'm reading in Acts, and am deeply connecting with the narrative.
Reading books is such fun and so very relaxing, which is why I always have a historical fiction book or biography on my pile. Historical fiction is also a great source of learning from the past and other cultures. I also always have an inspirational or educational book on my pile. What is on your book pile? I love to get ideas from other people, also from Good Reads where I get ideas from family, and from others.
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Silence: The Condition for True Listening
Quieting my heart for intentional extended times, and also for moments of time throughout a day to listen deeply to God first of all, and also to our precious kids and grandkids, and to all whom God brings our way.
We need to be people who listen, day and night, most of all, to God, quieting our hearts so we can really hear.
Monday, July 15, 2024
A Collection: Sabbath Rest, In the Kitchen, and July 4th Memories
One of my favorites ... a little collection, a quick glimpse of a few of the many things that have given me joy recently. Life goes by quickly, and it is good to pause and to thank Him for His gifts to us ...
Without rest, we miss the rest of God:
the rest He invites us to enter more fully
so that we might know Him more deeply.
Be still and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10
Sabbath is both a day and an attitude to nurture such stillness.
It is a day we enter, but just as much a way we see.
Click here for more thoughts on rest in a recent post.
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Digital Scrapbooking: Memories from May and June
May and June held some significant events for us, and what better way to preserve them, and also share them, than through digital scrapbooking! And such a treat for me to scrapbook a few pages again, after a much longer break than I had thought. I started up again after about a six-month break, with these memories ...
And a most significant event took place on June 23rd ... my dear hubby turned 80!! How can it be that that number belongs to us now? Together with my birthday coming up in Sept. when I turn 75, we call this calendar year our 75/80 year! We have much to be thankful for, and look forward to celebrating our birthdays together with our family in July!
Sunday, June 23, 2024
A Sabbath Heart
“He’s patiently waiting for you to slow down
so He can express His love for you.”
(From Rhythms of Rest)
Note: Link for quote in top photo, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.
Thanks for reading my thoughts as I continually learn more regarding rest and regarding Sabbath. There will likely be more posts on this topic in the coming weeks/months.