by Jodie Barrett | Nov 6, 2015 | Christmas, Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, Friends of Jesus, friendship, Uncategorized
Yesterday I walked into a store to get a wedding gift and came out with a Christmas gift. EEEEK! Thanksgiving turkeys have not been carved and lights and trees are everywhere. I don’t typically buy too many gifts early. In fact if I do it is that one extravagant...
by Jodie Barrett | Oct 20, 2015 | assurance, Beautiful, beauty, contentment, encouragement, Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, Uncategorized
While getting dressed this morning I had a flood of memories come back. It all started while I was putting on a camisole under a new top that the neckline falls a little low on. I stood there with good and bad memories. Memories of living a life wanting acceptance,...
by Jodie Barrett | Sep 22, 2015 | blessings, encouragement, Fall Session 2015 Sweet, family, featured, God's presence, Keeping it real in the chaos, prayer, Uncategorized
Sweet laundry! What? You girls know that I find joy in the laundry. Haven’t I rubbed off on you like a soft dryer sheet yet? This morning started early. The sun wasn’t up but the cat was! She’s a good cat. She comes into our bedroom and waits...
by Jodie Barrett | Sep 18, 2015 | encouragement, Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, fellowship, friendship, God's prompting, God's word, interwoven, living for Christ, Uncategorized, Unity
God has been speaking to my heart about something already so dear to me. Drumroll please…..Relationships. Oh no, I just lost a few people. Hold on, wait. I know. Relationships can be tough. Truth be told on certain days I will run down the wrong isle of Walmart...
by Donna Fender | Sep 10, 2015 | Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, Jesus, joy, Sweet to the Soul, Uncategorized
My kids watch a cartoon entitled “Franny’s Feet.” It stars a little girl who helps out in her grandfather’s shoe repair business. At the start of the cartoon, the door opens and a customer brings in the shoes that need to be repaired. Franny...
by Jodie Barrett | Sep 8, 2015 | challenge, encouragement, Fall Session 2015 Sweet, featured, Keeping it real in the chaos, peace, Uncategorized
Clutter. For as much as I try, I can not clear the clutter. It’s at the back door. It’s on my desk. My closets collect it weekly. My brain is even overflowing with clutter! And for some reason when the seasons begin to change my heart begins to race with...