Face to Face

Revelation 22:4 says “They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.” Do you remember being in the hospital as a mom or dad awaiting the arrival of your child? There is this single moment that overwhelms me for every child I’ve given birth to.  When you are there all alone, and…

Joshua’s Eyes

Joshua was a slave under Egyptian taskmasters until he was rescued by Moses and delivered.  Moses gave Joshua his name.  His original name was Hosea son of Nun.   Joshua is Yeshua in Hebrew, which means “the Lord is Salvation.”  This slave grew to become Moses’ successor, and was the only one along with Caleb to set…

Ridiculous!

Ridiculous:  extremely silly or unreasonable, absurd, preposterous Listening to a sermon on Moses, on the way to work I thought in my mind how unreasonable or preposterous the events described were to my thinking.  Most of us are on auto-pilot.  Get up, go to work, come home, take care of family, go to bed.  There is…

Very quick note

If I suggest a song or link, the picture needs to be clicked on.  On my end there is a big play button in the middle of the picture.  On your end it’s just a picture.  So, the last post at the end, the picture was a beautiful song from Kari Jobe.  I will try…

Only One Man Took the Nails…

All of us have our favorite music we  listen to in the car, while we are hanging out, or cleaning house. The combination of worship, blogging with you, and encounters with others led me to this incredible moment.  I had just experienced the culmination of events that swept over me like that rush you feel…

Jesus Culture: Freedom Reigns

Imagine someone who is in her 20’s, young, beautiful, given her life to Jesus. She honestly shares her struggles that would sound so familiar, and you desire to pray for her.  She begins to talk about her grandmother who loves Jesus, and they share a deep relationship of love for each other. Her name is Shannon. Shannon shares…

A Dentist Appointment and Their First Date!

 I had to post my dad’s comment: Wow ! How did Louise and I Meet? I went to the dentist, and I saw the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I didn’t have the courage to call her, so I called the dentist and asked him to talk to her about going out with…

Happy 55th Anniversary!

55 Years ago today Tom and Louise Lloyd (my parents) were married at First Baptist Church in Richmond, VA on Monument Avenue.  Top 10 Things Their Marriage has Taught Me: 1.  No matter what you work it out. 2.  Learn to love each other despite differences, struggles, disagreements. 3.  It takes work and forgiveness to build a…

Pursue me

Pursue from the dictionary: : to follow in order to overtake, capture : to find or employ measures to obtain or accomplish : to proceed along : to engage in : to follow-up or proceed with Raising children.  I don’t have to finish that sentence because each one of us who are in the process, or are…

Peach Cobbler

The post below is a yearly re-blog from a trip to Carter Mountain in 2012! Since that time, we planted a peach tree in our own backyard! It’s peach season!  Try this recipe!   We went to Carter Mountain today in Charlottesville and surprisingly they had peaches!  So we were able to peach pick and…