Hope Continually -- Psalm 71:14

This month ended the spring season of the fast pitch softball league that our daughters play for.  This was the first season for our youngest, Summer, to play t-ball.  She’s five years old and well, five year olds can be quite funny! Her favorite thing to do in tball is bat.  She is a little too eager sometimes – most of the time – and even hit her coach one time because the minute he sets the ball on the T – she is already swinging! Are you as eager as a little t-baller to play the game?  What game are you talking about, you may be asking?  I’m referring to the game Sunday at your church!  Sundays for many of us isn’t just a day off – a day to relax.  It is a time where the game is on – it is time to serve the Lord!  So what about you?  Do you find every excuse NOT to be involved?  Or are you going to leadership asking for a job?  Asking what can I do?  How can I help? This past Sunday, I received a Facebook mes...

Here is a blog post I wrote seven years ago that I wanted to reshare today on Father's Day.   Father's Day 2009 I wanted to write a few thoughts about my dad... When I think about my dad, I think of the word "Simple". Dad has always enjoyed the things in life that are simple. Black coffee... a hot dog roasted over a campfire in the backyard... a cold can of Pepsi on a hot day... a walk around the neighborhood with the family... a rerun of The Andy Griffith Show... a Sunday afternoon nap in the recliner... ham sandwiches and deviled eggs at a picnic in the park... a trip to the local zoo with the grandkids... a date at Subway splitting a $5 footlong with Mom... a simple handwritten thank you note... a drive to the Double D Ice Cream stand for a twist ice cream cone. I appreciate this quality in my dad. I have found that I am more thankful for the "simple" things in my life by observing this quality in my dad growing up as a kid. In appreciating the ...

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online  HERE  or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge! Tune in any time of the day to Faith Music Radio for uplifting Christian music and talk.  Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :) Every May, we have two swallows that show up at our door.  Literally, right above our front door.  It never fails.  They have been as predictable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.  Every year, they try to build a nest out of bits of mud they attach to the side of our house.  Every day, I hose off the bits of mud and they try again. Finally, after several weeks, they move on.  Where to I don’t know.  But they will be back. They sure have a lot of diligence.  It doesn’t mat...

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online  HERE  or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge! Tune in any time of the day to Faith Music Radio for uplifting Christian music and talk.  Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :) My husband just finished up a sermon series for the month of May called “Living Generously”.  As a person with their main spiritual gift as giving, I really enjoyed this series.  I came across this thought as we were discussing this series together one day.  “Living generously is not a transaction; it’s a relationship.” We both just loved this thought!  What is the difference between “giving” generously and “living” generously?  I thought of this illustration… Have you ever seen the movie Annie?  W...

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online  HERE  or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge! Tune in any time of the day to Faith Music Radio for uplifting Christian music and talk.  Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :) Our family home schools with the Abeka program and we were finishing up our school year.  I was working on completing the last grading period and getting the boxes ready to mail back the last set of DVD’s.  Sierra had given me her box of DVD’s and I went through them to make sure they were all accounted for.  One DVD was missing.  Not what I really needed as a frazzled mom just wanting to finish out the year. Well, we began to search.  In toy bins, under beds, in DVD cases, under van seats, in the garage stor...