Be Still and Know...Then and Now

I have to thank Heidi for keeping the I Won…You Win plugging right along. She has picked the next winner and it is none other than Skoots1mom my very dearest and best BFF over at My Hands His Glory . I have to be selfish here for just a minute and say that I am super excited about her winning. I was just thinking the the other day how I would dearly love to get a look at the book and see all the comments in the margins from all the various readers. Well since skoots and I see each other on a regular basis, we go to the same church, have weekly bible study together and are in a small accountability group together. Yes! We are in fact joined at the hip, so I will get a gander at all your fabulous comments. Can I just say…I CAN’T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!! Y’all pop over to skoots1mom and giver her a congratulatory shout out!   I'm off to the grocery store in a few but I was wondering….. Does this happen to anyone else?   I love Random Dozen and all the other wonderful...

I initially thought when I started this blog it was just on a whim. A friend of mine at church had a blog and for reasons unknown to me at the time I simply wanted one.  It sounded like fun.  The desire that God has placed upon my heart to express myself through the written word is very strong at times, overwhelming even. In any event there are moments when I just know, when a piece of scripture comes to me and it unfolds for me in a special way. When this happens I need to prop the old laptop upon my knee and get to typing.  However lately my focus, or lack there of has shifted a bit.  I read so many wonderful blogs all of which are either interesting, witty, hilarious, deeply spiritual, enlightening or thought provoking. This intern spurs in me a desire to approach my blog with the same fervor and commitment.  The only problem with my desire to be witty, profound, deeply spiritual or thought provoking was hindered by one very simple thing.  I could not find my coffee scoop.  ...

I’m taking a breath… Re-grouping… Shaking my head and breathing some more and laughing at myself to keep from bursting into tears.  You ever have one of those days when you foolishly think you are on the right track.  This past fall I began a new weekly bible study, it is a rather in-depth comparative study of the Gospels. Now I have to also confess that I am having some difficulties with this study as I am simply not that analytical.  I know that there are individuals out there who truly do care why the precise verbiage is different in Marks account as apposed to the account in Matthew. I however have found it a bit mind numbing at times. I also know that God’s word never returns empty so I persist knowing that I will receive what God intends for me to receive during this study. I am trying to remain diligent and open to this new way of delving into the God’s word.   Trying being the operative word here!  Confession time…over the holidays I had allowed myself to be less than...