Author: ernie

~  day 11  ~ I am so thankful for our church 🙂  I’m blown away at how simple ministry is here.  They love Jesus and have His heart for people. They teach God’s Word in a real way and provide a place where people – the healthy, the hurting, the broken – can come and grow in the Lord.  Such an awesome group of servants!  I’m glad to be a part…

~  day 10  ~ I know I’ve been writing novels around here lately, so I thought I’d keep it simple today 🙂 Day 10 – I am thankful for Saturdays, for easy, slow starting days when Daddy makes a big breakfast and we sit around the table with bed head hair and Spidey pajamas to enjoy each others’ company 🙂  I of course, don’t wear Spidey pajamas.  I’m more of…

~  day 9  ~ Homeschooling 🙂  This is our second year.  A few days before we started the school year, the Lord gave me these verses in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 which says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all…

~  day 8  ~ Colorado is so pretty!  Having left for about six years to be a Texan, I have a daily appreciation for how beautiful the Lord made this state 🙂 (Though I did love living in Texas, for so many other reasons!)  It’s fall here, but most of the trees have lost their colors.  Autumn always seems to come and go too quickly! Yesterday the boys and I…

~  day 7  ~ Tonight I am thankful for a super considerate husband who, after working late, calls me on his way home, tells me about his next date night idea, listens to me talk about my long day, and takes the boys out to peruse the toy aisles of Target (which is their favorite thing to do 🙂 so that I can sit quietly by myself for an hour.…

~  day 6  ~ I took the kids with me to vote today.  We’ve been talking a little bit about how people are chosen to help lead and govern us, and they were actually pretty interested in the process.  I’ve never been into politics, but today I am thankful to live in a country where my vote is counted, and that I have the right, duty, and privilege to represent…