Category: love the Lord your God

  • Choose Joy.

    Happy Thursday, friends! I have to admit I drove into work this morning in a bad mood. A mood that was dictated entirely by my own selfish desires and personal circumstances. Truth be told, I was pouting like a five year-old. Then I was blessed to find this message in my email inbox, which is…

  • The Surpassing Greatness

    This is the second Lenten season that I am making a sacrifice in my everyday life-the “giving up” that you commonly hear about this time of year. I wasn’t raised in a church that participated in this tradition, it was something I came to on my own last year after some amount of prayer and…

  • When the Storm has Swept by

    Several years ago a vicious spring storm tore through our area. It was April and my garden had just begun to bloom after a long and cold winter. After the storm, we walked our yard to survey the damage and I found my tulips strewn haphazardly across the front yard. I cried. I did. It…

  • Valentine’s in Review

    And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16

  • Paying it Forward

    A faithful friend is the medicine of life. ~ Ecclesiastes 6:16~ I was overwhelmed by the kindness of one of my design consultation winners, and wanted to share this cool story here in hopes it inspires you too. One of the three winners contacted Layla with the following email: . . . I read all…

  • Stephanie’s Stones of Remembrance Table

    Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion. Isaiah 8:18 (NIV) My special friend, Stephanie, who writes the blog, Livin in a Boys World, recently revamped her kitchen table to include a very cool collage of…

  • Spring Thaw

    Dear Spring Thaw, Thank you for showing your face to us today. Thank you for making mountains of snow into puddles for splashing. Thank you for the gift of hope of warmer days to come. “For behold, the winter is past,The rain is over and gone . . .Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,And come…

  • Sing Over Me

    In follow-up to all of the beautiful childrens’ rooms, I have to share my new favorite C.D., SING OVER ME: Worship Songs and Lullabyes, which is honestly as great for grown-ups as it is for children because it is not lullabyes of the nursery rhyme variety, just beautiful soothing music that I actually listen to…

  • Breath of Heaven

    The first Christmas that my husband and I were married, we sent out Christmas cards with a message that I will always remember. The cards had a picture of an angel flying above Baby Jesus in the manger, placing a kiss on his precious baby cheek. The inscription read: Tiny Breath of Heaven, How We…

  • Can Christmas Change the World [again]?

    The following video message changed the way I plan to approach the upcoming Christmas season. I pray that it blesses you as well. I promise it is worth the 2 minute investment of time 🙂 http://www.adventconspiracy.org “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened…