As Valentine’s Day approaches, I want to be so intentional. In our family this day has always been so simple. Some chocolates for our children, some flowers for me from my husband and a special home cooked meal. Since I was raised by a single mama, the kids and I would often take flowers to […]
Author: tara.dickson
Thanksgiving Is Rooted In Receiving.
Thanksgiving is upon us and maybe like me you want this season we are ushering in to be MORE. With every passing year, I feel the holy hush enter my soul just a bit earlier. It’s more than just the upcoming holidays filled with family, food and friends. It’s the general lifting of so many […]
How to Change Your Default from Stress to Joy!
I was standing in the park the other day, in California, watching my granddaughter play with another child in a giant sandbox. All of a sudden they decided a “snail hunt” was the next thing to do. They wandered in and out among some small trees and bushes and I moved to be able to […]
What To Do When Plans Change Without Our Permission. ( Blog Swap.)
I’m sharing a few words from my writer friend, Carol Graft today, because as I read them they lingered on. With the words came memory on top of memory of all the plans I have made in my life that didn’t come to pass. Sometimes beloved the answer is simple. It’s arriving at the answer […]
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Opening Your Home, Starts With Your Heart.
As part of my July Blog Swap, today I am welcoming my sweet friend Natalie to the blog. She is sharing some beautiful and practical advice on hospitality. I love that when we “lift up our eyes,” He allows us to see others. Then we can invite them in, to our hearts and our homes […]
How to Help Your Children With Transition.(Blog Swap)
As a part of my Summer Blog Swap, I am so happy to welcome Dorina Gilmore to the blog. She walked her own brave road as a widow and I had the honor of getting to meet her in California a few weeks ago, although we have talked for months as ”writing friends.” She has […]
When You’re Ready to Let That Wound Heal. (Blog Swap)
As part of a Blog Swap I am doing with a few of my fellow writers for the month of July, I am so happy to welcome Lea Turner to the blog. I know you will love her heart and her words. Take heart beloved. The Lord wants to heal those wounds as much as […]
A Truth to Savor When You Need Direction.
I read this verse the other day and I was stuck. I couldn’t go on until I soaked in every bit of it’s life giving truth. “The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them […]
Finding Rest for Your Soul.
I had just finished teaching my morning classes and my daughter and I were headed out to do a few errands. I stepped out of the car and felt the warm sun kissing my cheeks when this thought came to my mind. . I miss doing something for no reason but the sheer pleasure of […]