Heavenly Father,
My faith is in thee,
My expectation is from thee,
My love goes out toward thee,
I believe thee,
accept thy Word,
acquiesce in they will,
rely on thy promises,
trust thy providence.
I bless thee that the court of conscience
proves me to be thine.
I do not need signs and wonders to believe, for
thy Word is sure truth.
I have cast my anchor [...]

This week’s sermon on John Piper’s Desiring God website is “Staying Married Is Not About Staying In Love, Part One.”
Here’s just a bit to get you interested, as only John Piper can say it:
“The greatness and glory of marriage is beyond our ability to think or feel without divine revelation and without the illumining and [...]

The following letter is a real letter written to a real couple whom we dearly love. To protect their privacy, we have not used their actual names, nor are any personal details included. I post this publicly in the event that it may be helpful to others who are struggling with the issue of infidelity [...]

Purer in heart, O God, help me to be;
May I devote my life wholly to Thee:
Watch Thou my wayward feet,
Guide me with counsel sweet;
Purer in heart, help me to be.
Purer in heart, O God, help me to be;
Teach me to do Thy will most lovingly;
Be Thou my Friend and Guide,
Let me with Thee abide;
Purer in [...]

Yesterday I read a post by Jules at Everyday Mommy and the fifty-nine comments that followed it. The topic of discussion was an article in the current Today’s Christian Woman magazine titled “Fresh air–3 practices to breathe life into your conversations with God” by Keri Wyatt Kent, who is a regular contributor to TCW. I [...]

Kim from Hiraeth has posted a survey/discussion on the virtues of reading as a Christian Discipline as it relates to reading and writing blogs. Here are her questions and my answers.
Has reading Christian blogs increased your desire to tackle weighty Christian tomes?
Yes, absolutely. Iron sharpens iron. Reading comments about what a blogger is reading, and [...]

Our dog, Libby, came to live with us when she was a year old. We weren’t quite sure what we were getting, but the fact that she had been potty trained was very appealing as that seemed a rather daunting task to be added to our responsibilities. She actually became a part of our family [...]

“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies [...]

O to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.
Refrain
O to be like Thee! O to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.
O to be like [...]

This morning Rebecca has a post about coyote. She extended an invitation to share our coyote stories, so here I go. They’re to be based on personal experience, not research, so my ‘facts’ may or may not be accurate scientifically, but they are true to my experience!
We live in Colorado country and have lots of [...]