Daily Devotions & Encouragement

Love in a Hug - April 26, 2023

Sometimes love oozes out as a hug, even if you were driving away barefoot when the need to show love arises. May we all take Ezri's hint...

Finding Joy - April 25, 2023

When the girls couldn't fall asleep last night, I put them to work separating and folding clothes. Maggie took it upon herself to redo...

Humbled - April 24, 2023

We have missed watermelon. This picture was taken less than five minutes after we walked in the door. Larks especially was enthralled...

Continued Grace - April 20, 2023

Younger siblings love to do the same things as their older siblings. There's this drive. Insatiable at times. But as exciting as it is...

Walking Beside - April 19, 2023

When your son goes through the entire line at a covered dish meal and only walks away with two pickles . . . you know he's REALLY missing...

Becoming Seeds - April 18, 2023

Maggie and Larks both went picking flowers. Both PICKED flowers. You'll notice that the flowers are very different. Yet their excitement...

Jump Roping - April 17, 2023

Jump roping! Now mind you, none of the three are anywhere near skilled at this new, fun adventure, but that for sure isn't stopping them...

God Is Still Good - April 13, 2023

On a day when the Bible lesson was about the trials of Job, our family had some struggles of our own. It started with Larks climbing a...

Grateful - April 11, 2023

She has a mischievous gleam in those eyes...(and is probably scheming up ways to find and eat more candy). But she melts my heart when...

Gardening & the Gospel - April 10, 2023

Gardening version 2023 has begun! Our friend Heather brought us some beautiful onion starters which was all the motivation we needed to...