I actually had someone ask me the other day, “How’s your downs girl?” My downs girl?! MY DOWNS GIRL?!!!! I looked at them in stunned silence? Seriously, if you can’t remember her name, don’t ask- please! “Do you mean my DAUGHTER, Bethany?” They had the wisdom to look embarrassed. I don’t see downs syndrome, […]
Our Happily Ever After is Coming! “Once Upon a Time” and “Happily Ever After”. The stuff all good stories begin with and end. Each one of our stories began with His intimate plans and details. Our life is a journey to discover His love and His purposeful redemption. *But Happily Ever After doesn’t come until […]
(flash back Friday- originally published April 25, 2011) Drifting off to sleep last night, in my mind, I “saw” three large words- like a neon sign. Slowly, each one lit up, one at a time as I read- JESUS CHANGES EVERYTHING. I was fascinated with the changing colors and brilliance of each word as I […]
You may (or may not) have noticed I don’t ever capitalize “downs syndrome” . I just can’t- never have- never will; my apologies to the British scientist, John Langley Down who discovered the syndrome. I know its grammatically wrong but it makes perfect sense to me. I refuse to capitalize my problems or challenges! This […]
B U M M E R! I had such “lofty” expectations for our vacation! Like most of the American world, we try to live within a pretty tight budget. We save a certain amount each month for Christmas and Birthdays (a necessity in a family as large as ours 🙂 ) and we set aside vacation […]
[box type=”info”] I’ve got a SURPRISING TREASURE for you today! I’m in Galveston, Texas with my family on vacation and I’ve asked my sister-friend, Edy, to be our guest blogger! If you’ve followed Surprising Treasures very long, you might have noticed Edy comments on every post! (boy, do I love that 🙂 ) She is […]
Sometimes I forget Jesus lived and walked this “Earth” Journey just like me- exactly like all of us. My focus tends to think of Jesus post resurrection! You know- loved, worshiped, glorified: our Victorious Savior, the Living Word, Alpha Omega, the Beginning and the End, Soon and Coming King! This Holy Week, I’ve fixed my heart and thoughts upon […]
We were stunned! It was finally over! VICTORY had come! We had WON?! You could hear the town erupt in celebration; horns honking, people shouting, fireworks exploding. We were compelled by an unseen force to jump into the convertible and drive through the streets and join the revelry! It was mayhem on the roads. Bumper […]
Wrestling with God- Do you ever feel like you’re wrestling with God? ‘Don’t Wrestle- Just Nestle!’ quote from Corrie Ten Boon! [Tweet “You Don’t Have to #Wrestle God for a #Blessing” #Godis4U”] d As an adult, I’ve tended to wrestle with God. Many times I didn’t rest in His grace and love. I labored to pray […]
This Friday is Good Friday. The account of Jesus’ last days will be recounted. Let our hearts absorb the magnitude of His betrayal, His trial, the mocking, spitting, and degradation of Him. His scourging. Contemplate the spikes driven in his wrists and feet. What passion- What love!! Why did it have to be this […]
How many Kings stepped down from their thrones? How many Lords have abandoned their homes? How many Greats have become the Least for me? How many “gods” have poured out their hearts, to romance a world that is torn all apart? How many Fathers gave up their Sons for me? Only One did that […]
Ahhhh. Christmas is over, New Year’s is past Maybe we can be normal at last. During the “holidays”, we tried to focus and remember the Reason for the Season, but it seemed as if our life kicked into “extreme crazy” instead of “normal crazy”. Does your life ever do that? I guess […]