An excerpt from Michelle Medlock Adams’s new book, When Chocolate Isn’t Enough: An Inspirational Survival Guide for Mothers (Worthy Inspired) compares a day in the life of a mom to the famous line from Forrest Gump about life being like a box of chocolates–you never know what you’re going to get.
Singer-songwriter James Taylor has earned the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart—after 45 years.
One day, when I was struggling with fear over the safety of my son deployed in Iraq, I read the verse in Zechariah where God refers to His people as the apple of His eye. It reminded me that even though my son was special to me, he was infinitely more precious to God.
Dogs in the office are nothing new, but probably rare. Maybe that shouldn’t be the case? In an excerpt from Peggy Frezon’s upcoming book from Paraclete Press (Fall 2015), Faithfully Yours: The Amazing Bond Between Us and the Animals We Love, Peggy relates the story of a busy advertising executive and her in-house dog, Boone, the new Director of Stress Management.
His gift of grace is one that I receive with a wide-open spirit. It’s a gift I receive with the humility of need. And the amount of grace? It’s been measured. And it’s sufficient. It’s more-than-enough.
When we get too comfortable, spiritually speaking, we aren’t able to step out of our comfort zone, or do all that He desires to accomplish through us.
She loved the idea of angels. But did she really believe in them?
A ruby-throated female hummingbird spotted in her almost impossible-to-find nest inspires faith–and a name.
Why not take a moment or more to give thanks for your home? Why not go room by room, wall by wall, possession by possession? Would that take too long? Doesn’t it speak volumes if the answer is “yes”?
“Worry sends the mind round and round in the same groove, and you never come to any conclusions,” said Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. “Thinking works its way through the problem to an answer. You make progress when you think, but you get nowhere when you worry.”
