I’m writing this one a little late 🙂 It was tough for me to stay focused on Advent this week. After all that purification and cleansing, I got distracted. I’m not sure how. But, the Lord re-focused me on Him yesterday and His plan for Advent for our family. We continued into this week the […]
Category: Holidays/Celebrations
Week 1 of Advent: Purification/Cleansing
For the first week of Advent, I feel the Lord putting on my heart the importance of purifying our hearts and home. This is part of the focus on preparing our hearts for His coming (for Christmas and His eventual return). We must first cleanse and purify our hearts. I sense that not only does […]
Season of Advent
This is the season of Waiting!!! This is the season where we prepare our hearts for the Lord’s coming and wait for His arrival (when we can celebrate His coming!). We are to prepare our hearts by laying them out before the Lord and seeking His will in all of our plans, all our desires, […]
Fellowship and Encouragement
I am excited about Thanksgiving in a few days. I am excited for the fellowship of having other people in our home and breaking bread (or turkey!) with them 🙂 I love community and being a hostess. I love connecting with other people and bringing a smile to their face. It is a joy and […]
Thankfulness (and the First Thanksgiving)
 Here is a little bit from the History channel about the First Thanksgiving:  Thanksgiving at Plymouth In September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith and other individuals lured by the promise […]
Walking in Faith 