Monthly Archives: January 2015

“The key is not to rejoice for the trials, but to rejoice while in the trials.” Pastor Justin   December 14, 2014 marked eight years since we had our miscarriage.  December 14th was the day Pastor Justin spoke at our church about choosing joy, the third Advent candle.  And, it couldn’t have been a betterContinue reading “Choosing Joy”

“Worry is a choice.  It is addictive, habit forming.  Jesus gives me His peace. I have to make the choice to stop worrying and choose peace.” Pastor Sunnock   On the second week of Advent, our pastor spoke about peace.  If you have ever felt the peace of God, you’ll understand when I say it’sContinue reading “Worry Is a Choice. Peace is a Person.”

“My point is this: we may never get to see the end result of God’s plan. We have no way of knowing how long it will take…It may be years beyond us. We may be a step in the middle of the plan, and generations beyond us may be counting on us to do ourContinue reading “Hope During the Wait”

“Challenges are ways God can draw us in and teach us…ways to introduce in our lives hope…Once I have faith in my life, than I am given the hope of how He will take care of me in the future.”    Pastor James Sunnock   This past December our pastor began a series about Advent.  IContinue reading “The Process of Hope – Part II”

“Hope is not in a specific outcome, our hope is in God!” Pastor James Sunnock Every year I ask God for a special word for the following year.  For 2015, God granted my request earlier than usual.  He revealed the word He wanted to give me back in October:  Hope.  I asked for confirmation andContinue reading “The Process of Hope – Part I”

“…And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,”  Ephesians 3:17-18 (NIV) On the way home from school last fall with our Kindergartener, he casually mentioned how threeContinue reading “Parenting From An Eternal Perspective”

“One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: ‘Let the children alone, don’t prevent them from coming to me. God’s kingdom is made up of people like these.’ After laying hands on them, heContinue reading “Kids Notice”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, alwaysContinue reading “Loving, With Grace”

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”  Proverbs 22:6 (NIV) Last time we were together I spoke about getting a new puppy.  We have adopted multiple dogs over the years and as a result, we have realized what kind of dogContinue reading “I Am an Alpha Parent”