by Sami | Dec 29, 2011 | Christian Living, Devotions, Faith
We are in the midst of a revolution. To say that 2011 was interesting for our family would be an understatement: we started a new business, struggled with our health, traveled to new places, stretched our finances, and refined our marriage. While I wouldn’t...
by Sami | Oct 5, 2011 | Christian Living, Devotions, Faith
I was reading My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers this morning and was instantly reminded of the Power of One: It took just one person to separate us from God through sin, yet it also took just one person to redeem us as well! Though Eve ate the forbidden...
by Sami | Sep 27, 2011 | Christian Living, Devotions, Faith
I admit it. I don’t sit still very often. *Pause for gasps of shock* In fact, one of the only times I sit still is in church. It’s so hard for me because I think of everything else I need to be or could be doing once I sit down away from my computer. But...
by Sami | Sep 13, 2011 | Christian Living, Devotions, Faith
Is it time for change? Sometimes it’s hard to understand why children act they way they do. You teach them a principle and repeat it consistently, yet they still tend to ignore what you believe to be in their best interest. This defiant behavior, which is not always...
by Sami | Aug 30, 2011 | Christian Living, Devotions, Faith
Are you living? On a trip to Florida last fall, the kids and I went to church with some of our favorite friends. We couldn’t bear to part ways, so we continued on to a bakery afterwards to grab a quick breakfast treat. It was such a beautiful and uncommonly cool...
by Sami | Mar 3, 2011 | Christian Living, Devotions, Faith
If you were to die tomorrow, would you be proud of what you did today? A morbid thought, you say? Perhaps. Yet I feel it’s very appropriate to ponder. I always winced when I heard friends talking in college about how they were going on to get their business degree,...