the Value of Making Mistakes – Sunday Ponderings
Could making mistakes (or sin…a bigger and heavier word) actually be valuable? I believe it is!
Sunday ponderings — “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden”
I am in contact with many who are “heavy laden” lately. Sometimes I am the “heavy laden” one. Isn’t that just such a beautiful description? We are all carrying our own loads in so many different ways. So when I came across these verses they hit me so beautifully today (Matthew 11:28-30): I love that…
Good Timber Doesn’t Grow with Ease — Sunday ponderings
Just as time was running out for our first meeting at church today (it was testimony meeting where everyone can stand and share their thoughts about Jesus), Lucy stood up and headed up to the front to share her own testimony. And every time she does this (it’s been a while, but she used to…
Sunday ponderings — continual “turning” of our hearts in the darkness
In our Sunday School class today we talked about the wisdom that can be found in the book of Proverbs in the Bible. There are some pretty incredible things to ponder on in there. We ended the lesson with perhaps the most famous verse in Proverbs: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and…
Sunday ponderings — the importance of pondering
I posted this on Instagram, but here it is with a little added insight at the end for the blog too… Last week this girl encircled me with this beautiful hand-made necklace of flowers in a little Peruvian village in the tippy-top of the mountains. The air was thin (13,000 feet elevation). We had been…
Sunday Ponderings — a compassionate God
You guys, I am so late posting, but I HAD to get on here quick to share that I’m doing the “Come Follow Me” devotional today. I’m not sure if I’ve shared the story I share on there today here on the blog, but it’s all about a really hard day when Lucy was younger…
Sunday ponderings — “The Transformer Principle”
I’m sure I’ve talked before here about the “Transformer Principle.” It’s a principle my dad came up with as one of the “Grandfather’s Secrets” he shares each summer with the grandkids, and it’s attached to the one about sex. (More about that in another post if anyone is interested), but the “transformer principle” itself is…
Sunday ponderings — “Love, Share, Invite”
I talked about this phrase back HERE, some beautiful words from our church leaders to let others in to our lives. I hope those around us who are not in our church congregations will “love, share and invite” right back. We have so much to learn from each other! The first presidency of our church…