[Tweet “Psalm 11:4 The LORD is in his #holy temple; He observes everyone on earth; His eyes examine them.”] I love teaching Bethany homonyms. Homonyms are words that sound the same but they’re spelled differently and have different meanings. They’re fun, but can make English difficult to learn! I’ve also come to the conclusion, there’s […]
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 […]
Monday morning we went to the Dr. and learned that Bethany’s eardrum had collapsed inward and was laying on top of the bones which shouldn’t be showing 🙁 The picture is not for the faint of heart but this is NOT how your eardrum should look! Basically, the negative pressure sucked it in, diminishing the […]
Are we hearing God’s voice??? “Bethany?” There was no sign of hearing on her end. “Bethany (this time I spoke louder). still no recognition. I automatically walked around to capture her attention by looking in her eyes, and said, “Bethany?” Smiling, she answered, “Oh, hi Mommy. What you say?” “I said- do you want to […]
[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 […]
[box] Perspective is a funny thing. When I’m zoomed in on life, everything is overwhelmingly magnified. Only when He redials my focus, can I see what He sees.[/box] Life has a way grabbing my spiritual binoculars and dialing me into hyper-focus! The last few months our family has walked through some life situations that have been hyper-magnifing my perspective, absorbing my focus, […]
Momma- Who is God? A Bedtime Quest….. Tucking Beth in bed last night I kissed and hugged her very tight. Joining hands, we began to pray Grateful for our awesome day! Suddenly Beth popped up in bed, smiled at me and then she said, “BUT Momma, Who is God? Thinking hard of all I knew How […]
This is the True Story of how Bethany, discovers God out ranks Google in every way! * “MOM! How you spell tummy?” * “t- u- mm- wait! why do you need to know?” * “I need to know so I can finish.” * Finish what?” * “Finish gettin ready to get me my baby!!!” By […]
One morning, I was doing Wii Fit and Cohen was watching “Uncle” Josh getting ready for a day at Washburn. Cohen excitedly informs me, “Nana, when I gwow up, I’m gonna go to college just like Uncle Dosh, but I’m gonna study soccer, basketball, and baseball. Den I’ll graduate and you can come watch me play all de […]
Bethany and I “saddled up” the mini-van to round up Grandma Donna, Uncle Steve, and cousin Justin, so we could enjoy an evening of swimming. Before we arrived at our destination, Micah called to warn us that a storm front with lightning and thunder was quickly rolling in. Thus, our plans were waylaid. This one “twist” in our road led us to an […]
Do you believe God is always working in our lives, even when we can’t see it? I Believe~ I want to share 3 miracles when God spoke to us specifically about Bethany. [Tweet “Miracles are #surprising #mercies from the #heart of our #Father. #GodsLove”] Now the whole world had one language and a […]
[Tweet “I want to live IN God’s Will for my #life, following His way, not my own!”] I’m Sarah- Cindy’s oldest daughter- sharing my thoughts with you today 🙂 I want my prayers to reflect that. So—– the question of the day was “what to pray?” Have you ever thought, “if I could ever form […]