by Jodie Barrett | Dec 9, 2013 | Christmas, featured, Jesus, joy, prayer, Uncategorized
It all starts with a prayer to share the joy of Jesus with others And……………..a messy kitchen Each year leads to Christmas. Month after month, it leads to Christmas. January, February, March, April…we wait for December....
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 4, 2013 | featured, God's presence, prayers, Uncategorized
There, right where I was laying, on the floor. He arrived. Right there on the floor after a wonderful stretching class.To the left and the right lay sweet sisters in Christ.The lights were dim to almost dark. The music softly playing.And there I laid and felt the...
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 2, 2013 | Christmas, featured, mistakes, Uncategorized
I made a mistake. Four simple words that can be so difficult to articulate when they really need to be said. Sometime, like this weekend for me, they just need to be whispered to God. Other times they need to be quickly said to a friend, a child, a spouse. Are you...
by Jodie Barrett | Nov 12, 2013 | daughters, disappointment, family, featured, provide, ram, The Greatest Gift, Uncategorized
I put off my run this morning. Not because I think that I don’t need to run anymore (I have a 10 mile race coming up on Saturday) but, because I felt God calling me to my chair in the corner of the room. See this weekend was an emotional roller coaster for me....
by Jodie Barrett | Nov 11, 2013 | featured, Uncategorized
I remember. I remember…..As a little girl I would hug my daddy when he would return from weekend training.I remember the smell of his uniform so vividly that years later when I was given a military issued sleeping bag on a camping trip I knew that smell was just...
by Donna Fender | Nov 6, 2013 | Christmas, featured, Isaiah, Jesse, joy, stumps, Uncategorized
I have a stump in my yard. It has been there since we moved in almost 4 years ago. I have tripped over it and fallen backwards. Justin has tried to chop it up and dig it out but it is still there. Just a dead stump. But you know, that stump was once a tree, full of...
