Monthly Archives: December 2008

Out With the Old…In With the New

My morning routine always includes spending quiet time with God reading my Bible. At present I am reading through Paul’s letters and am currently in Ephesians. In recent days I have picked up another book of inspiration that I have enjoyed through the years….Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach. [...]

Enjoying A Good Mystery

It was bound to happen. I have been blogging since January 2006. My name is plastered all over the internet. It took awhile but I always wondered when this would happen: Greetings: Much to my surprise while I was searching around the Internet I found my professor! Your right on the money! Your syllabus put [...]

My Daybook ~ December 29

Hosted by Peggy @ The Simple Woman Although The Simple Woman is on vacation this week, I love this meme so much that I could not resist keeping to my regular ‘Monday’ posting routine. Enjoy. Outside My Window…It’s bright and sunny with just a slight nip in the air. I am thankful….for my new computer [...]

Sunday Seven: Colossians 3

Your conduct should match your faith. Every Christian is in a continuing education program. The more we know of Christ and his work, the more we are being changed to be like him. Because this process is lifelong, we must never stop learning and obeying. Gratitude opens our hearts to God’s peace and enables us [...]

The Day After Christmas

What do Floridians do the day after Christmas??? Why go fishing of course, especially if the weather is a balmy 80 degrees (grin).   The captain of my heart, Mr. John   The second in command taking a break.   We were surrounded the whole day by schools of wild dolphins (which were too quick [...]

From Our Family To Yours

**I Believe**

  What’s on your Grown-Up Christmas List this year? What’s a Christmas wish that you would make for the world? Why? I can remember a conversation I had with my mother when I had called her to give her the great news that at age 40 I was happily pregnant with my first child. Her [...]

Christmas Smiles

 We FINALLY got around to creating our Christmas cards (and have even mailed them out….it helps when Mr. John works at the post office). Many thanks to our dearest friend Miss Sue for her photographic eye and genius ideas!!!  And now for my favorite reindeer:    She’s getting her hair cut today to just below [...]