Learning to swim by nearly drowning
He wasn’t drowning, he was learning how to swim. Instead of saving him from drowning, he was asking me to teach him how to swim. … More Learning to swim by nearly drowning
He wasn’t drowning, he was learning how to swim. Instead of saving him from drowning, he was asking me to teach him how to swim. … More Learning to swim by nearly drowning
( A Simple Poem inspired by a discussion between our 4 year old when she made mistakes that even the biggest mistakes aren’t enough to make us love her less – a window into God’s unconditional love and grace for us.) Pee on me, I’ll wipe you and me clean and make funny faces to … More I will always love you
One of my favorite things about spring is that it is planting season. It is such a powerful reminder of our life, our character, our children. We start small – but with constant care, water, sunlight, we will grow – bigger, more beautiful, stronger. The kids wanted to plant a garden in the backyard this … More Breaking New Ground
Veggie Tales anyone? Funny to think cucumber in the Wild West version of Joseph would convey a lesson in the Korean virtue of Han. Larry did manage to teach me a thing or two. In case you don’t know the story of Joseph, it’s a story in the Bible of 13 sons of Jacob. 11 … More What Larry the Cucumber’s Joseph Taught
Somehow the story of the Prodigal Son came up in my discussions this Sunday with my daughter. The way she described it triggered a deep moment of reflection for me. Her retelling ran something like this:“Remember the story about the dad? Who waited for the son who took the money? And his brother who had … More Lessons from the Prodigal Son
2020 has taught me a valuable lesson. We always have time to add more value. Because of the quarantine period everybody had to stay home and had nothing to do. But I changed that “had nothing to do.” to Always have time for more. What I mean by that is, We always have time to … More Always time for more.
lesson learned by a 12 year old One day I was on a hike up a mountain with my family and I learned something handy, it doesn’t matter what kind of challenge you are given by God, God always has a lesson for you and if you do not have your eyes open you can … More Whether the challenge is hard or easy, There is always a lesson to be learned.
A story of gratitude written by a 12 year old girl We have a lot of things we can be grateful about to God! Family, Friends, Nature, The world! The Universe! The list goes on and on and on, you just can’t stop thanking God! I am gonna share one of my Grateful moments with … More Having the heart of gratitude in everything.
When me and my sister and cousins went to Montana I learned a valuable lesson. We learned how if we have a heart of a cup(small heart)Then if someone pours a handful of salt (sad/hard time)into your cup (small heart)the water is undrinkable (you don’t know how to love) But if you have a heart … More A Heart like an ocean
God loves us! Just maybe we don’t notice it just this moment, There are many ways God is showing us his love! God shows his love to us through animals, plants, sun, moon, stars, molecules, atoms, family, friends. God made this Whole world! And the universe!! When me and my family were out … More God’s Gifts to us!!!