Posts by merepress (Page 2)
The Symptoms of Our Heart’s Condition
Sunday, July 22 @ 4pm – Fever of 100.2 F. No significant change in mood or behavior. Slightly fussy. Maybe teething. Monday, July 23 @ 7:30am – No fever. Overall happy and normal behavior. Monday, July 23 @ 1:30pm – Woke up from afternoon nap with dry cough. Has raspy voice. No fever. Monday, July 23 @ 7:45pm – Trouble sleeping. Dry, barking cough. No fever. Still has raspy voice. Seems uncomfortable. It was at this…
Why Our Funnel Hearts Need Galatians
Every night, we do battle with our two young boys about how bedtime works and what our expectations for their behavior is. It’s baffling, actually, how quickly it seems that Atticus, our 4-year-old, can forget what is and what isn’t acceptable behavior after he’s been tucked in. I’m amazed at how he seems to think that pushing the mattress off his bed to make a giant slide might be okay even though the night before we made it very clear…
And They'll Know We are Christians
It was rather perfect timing when Steve invited me to write a guest post for Creekside. Burk and I are just getting settled in Lebanon. We found a church, but due to the craziness of summer (camping trips, weekends visiting family, a 10k race this Sunday), we haven’t gone consistently, so having to meditate on the importance of the church reminded me of my responsibility in seeking to get to know people, something I desperately needed. We felt so at…
The Pendulum – The danger of how we naturally tend to handle frustration and hurt
I’ve never blogged before, so I’m going to give it a try! These are just some thoughts I had as I was reading in Proverbs this morning. Hope it encourages you! It is human nature it seems to swing on a pendulum when it comes to certain issues. I was reading in Proverbs chapter ten today and I came across this verse which describes one of these pendulum swings we (or at least I) often tend towards. “The one…
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