by Jodie Barrett | Jul 4, 2014 | featured, freedom, july 4th, Uncategorized
I wrote a paper in school once for my history class. Now, like many of my school projects I had help from my parents (thanks mom and dad) and this was no exception. I really don’t remember the theme of the paper but I do remember the one line that I wrote...
by Jodie Barrett | Jun 27, 2014 | featured, Uncategorized
Words.We use them everyday.We speak them.We type them. We think them.But do we always take time to analyze our words? Do we realize that there are times when words can make or break a person? Did God intend for us to use them as weapons or for His glory?I have heard...
by Jodie Barrett | Jun 26, 2014 | featured, Uncategorized
Six months until Christmas. Really? Well, that is the enthusiastic statement I read on social media yesterday. The funny thing is that while I did not have that exact thought earlier in the day I had a similar thought. I was riding out to my mother’s house to...
by Jodie Barrett | Jun 11, 2014 | challenges, featured, repeat, strength, Uncategorized
I can do this!Yesterday I drove to a college campus with my oldest child. My little boy. College. While he took placement tests I roamed the isles of a shopping outlet with his sweet girlfriend. Looking for pants and shirts, just like I did when he was truly little....
by Jodie Barrett | Jun 3, 2014 | featured, joy, proverbs 31, repeat, Uncategorized
Taking out the trash. Washing the dirty dishes. Cleaning the grimy kitchen floor. Dusting away the cobwebs. Reorganizing the laundry room shoe closet. Vacuuming up the cat hair. These are just a few of things that I did yesterday that I know I will do again...
