For all of you already playing on the beach, sunning, eating hot dogs and snow cones — enjoy it for us. The Strange family is not quite there yet. We have been moving what seems like months. We are still up to our armpits in crumpled newspaper and cardboard boxes- organized in small, medium and […]
Day 10: Resting Well Rely on the One Protecting you When was the last time you had a reason to be afraid for your safety or that of someone you love? This sufficiently describes several months of my last year. A known predator in my “safe and comfortable” neighborhood was seen concealing himself in my […]
Day 8: Resting Well Resting is Gospel-Centered Five of my eight children are taking the state mandated assessment this week. They have been preparing all year for this test. It is a high stakes year for some, meaning that if the student fails the test, they do not proceed to the next grade. My kids […]
Day 6: Resting Well Pitfalls of Un-Rest to Avoid Bible Reading: Hebrews 4:1-11 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard […]
Day 5: The Price of NOT Resting Last summer, my husband took a job in another city which required him to live there for a year. This left me at home with the eight kids and more responsibilities than I could handle. You might say, I had too many penguins on the iceberg, or I […]