For the sum total of my twenty-eight years, my mother’s dressing had always been on my holiday table. This time, 7500 miles separated me and that pan of crumbled biscuits and cornbread. Would it truly be Thanksgiving if that stuffing wasn’t on the table? I was an adult by all appearances and had a family of my own. I could make …
I prepared my first one in a cold oven overnight. I wasn’t in the range personally, you understand, but the turkey was. My adult daughters now roll their eyes when I speak of such things, but we lived in a country where individually purchased store-bought eggs came from mounds of unrefrigerated straw. Evidently, salmonella didn’t exist back then. Turkeys weren’t …
By: Carrie Vipperman “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your …
God desires to answer your prayer. He yearns for it as much as you do. How can I be sure? Because answered prayer glorifies Him, the very thing that He desires. When prayer is answered, praise automatically springs to life in our hearts. Think of an example in your life. When was a time that a supernatural answer came in …
“Be ready with a meal or a bed when it’s needed. Why, some have extended hospitality to angels without ever knowing it!” (Hebrews 13:2, The Message) Just so you know, we weren’t the angels. We were, however, the strangest of strangers when Llwlyn took us into her home. We’d spent four years in Asia and needed her mothering more than …
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His love endures forever. He’s touched my heart, like none else could His love endures forever. Sing praise. Sing praise. When I am thinking thoughts of me His love endures forever. He still works within me secretly His love endures forever. Sing praise. Sing praise. When I …
With Thanksgiving coming this week, I am thinking back to my past “turkey tables”. The story is an old one, but the Words from His Heart are new. May You know His strength as you move into this holiday. —————- One particular Thanksgiving in Taiwan, I somehow got the idea to invite everyone that I knew for the holiday meal. Over …
Remember my promise of a Mother/Daughter team? You were challenged earlier in the week by Tessa Shockey’s blog on danger and discipline. Today, we hear from her mom (and my long-time friend), Grace Lyn Shockey. Grace Lyn and I first met when Mark and I welcomed their little family of three to Taiwan, as language students. Grace Lyn loved …
So are you stressed out yet? As much as we love having a holiday, it sometimes becomes a time of anxiety, huh? Too much preparation, too little time to get it done, too many people gathering together, too little patience. I began being “in charge” of the full fixin’s at age 28 and have hosted …
