by Sami | Sep 26, 2011 | Devotions, Faith, God's Will
I have a beautiful plant that a friend gave me a couple years ago. It started out as only two branches, and while one branch thrived, the other became weak and small. When I asked my mom how to treat the sick branch, she informed me that I must cut the longer branch...
by Sami | Sep 14, 2011 | Devotions, Faith, God's Will
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” – Gal 6:14 Has God ever sent you a friendly reminder by leading you to a certain verse in the bible? Maybe even a helpful suggestion...
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 | Aug 29, 2011 | Devotions, Faith, God's Will
How does God look in your life? On the way to church yesterday morning, Britton asked if God was ever a lizard. I don’t think it was a deep theological question as much as it was a little boy trying to fit Jesus into an imagine he was looking at in his book....
by Sami | Aug 23, 2011 | Devotions, Faith, Faith in Action, Temptation
As I was driving out of our apartment complex the other day, I noticed some interesting parking configurations. In one section, someone had parked at an angle, going over their line boundary. SO the person next to them overcompensated and went even futher outside...
