by Jodie Barrett | Jul 22, 2014 | birthday, featured, Jesus, joy, Uncategorized
Birthdays.Some love them, some loathe them. Some celebrate them, some hide from them. Some get excited, some get disappointed. Some even choose to lie and say they didn’t happen. Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 42. That is a truthful age. Honest! This is my...
by Jodie Barrett | Jul 17, 2014 | blessings, cooking, featured, God's prompting, joy, Uncategorized, unlikely
It was an unlikely gathering.Unlikely because normally time would not allow. But on this day time opened wide. Unlikely because normally I would stress about dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s. But on this occasion God prompted me to follow His lead....
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...
by Jodie Barrett | Jan 16, 2014 | featured, gifts, joy, Seek the Kingdom, Uncategorized
A few flakes fell from the sky. That’s all it took…a few flakes and my husband turned from his car and came to the back window and knocked with a smile of his face. I got up from my chair thinking he forgot something and locked himself out.”Look...
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 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...
