Mud season is here, and this season always makes me very thankful for my husband. You see, he is a very wise man. One of his smart ideas was to tile much of the front part of our house, and only carpet the living room. In fact, we have tileRead the Rest…
I have lost my awe. I have lost the moments that take my breath away when the only true response is an “Oh!” It would be easy to pass that off with the fact that I don’t live somewhere that routinely takes my breath away. I am in a townRead the Rest…
Imperfection is all part of being human but sometimes our imperfections can be downright ugly. But thankfully no matter how imperfect we are, God’s grace can make even our biggest messes beautiful.
If the sun were always shining and there were never any showers, gone would be the butterflies and the beauty of the flowers.
So it is with you and I, the plantings of our LORD; Secret and wonderful plans HE reveals through His Holy Word.
Heavenly Father plants us gently, and soon thereafter we take root. Patiently HE waits for HIS tender little shoot.
The ancient beauty process took twelve months. Six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and beautifying and cosmetics. Wow!
I assure you that it would be amazing and extravagant for we women of the 20th century to do this every time we had a “date” with our husbands. I have to admit though, this would make for an incredible gift! Right?
