Monday, July 17th, 2017
I don't know about you, but when I choose to begin my mornings by embracing the new mercies Christ has bestowed on me, I am so much better equipped to handle what the day brings.
Read MoreMonday, June 5th, 2017
Having been raised in the church AND in private Christian school, I don't even known when I first memorized the Lord's Prayer. I must've been very young. I can tell you, however, that I will never recite it in the same way again.
Read MoreMonday, January 9th, 2017
A few years ago, I started writing scripture, quotes, and song lyrics down on index cards then punched a whole in one corner and collected them on a key ring. I call it my "encouragement key-chain" and it goes everywhere I go. Some of the index cards have dirty fingerprints or tear stains and a few were written by others and given to me. It's well loved to the point that some are so torn or faded that I decided to look through it and re-copy the ones that were tattered. As I did this, I came across a large one with this prayer was written on it in Momma's neat script.
Read MoreMonday, December 26th 2016
Do you ever ponder that first meeting with our Messiah?
I do.
What will He look like, feel like, what will His expression be?
I imagine Him beaming at me and beckoning me come to Him for the warmest embrace of all time.
All pain forgotten, all longings met, and the joy of finally seeing Him face to face...oh how Ms. Carmichael was right when she penned the words below.
Monday, October 24th 2016
With the election comes lots of discussion of what the American Dream is. Its definition is varied and contrasting across the board. I thought it was the perfect time to blow the dust off of the note card in my archive with this quote on it. Momma copied it out of an article she found inside the In Touch magazine and shared it with me longer back than I remember.
Read MoreMonday August 1, 2016
If you read the About Annie page you'll notice at the bottom I have dedicated this blog to my Momma. She is an incredible lady for many reasons one of which is that for the last 3 or 4 years she has sent me something encouraging via email every Monday morning!! Lucky for y'all, I saved them all in a folder in my email. I knew they were too good to just read and delete! So, every other week I will be sharing something from mom's emails with y'all!
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