• Devotionals,  Spiritual thoughts

    What to Do When Your Heart is Broken

    I don’t have to explain to you how a broken heart feels.  Most of us have experienced a broken heart more than once.  The piercing pain of your heart feels like it’s having the very life being squeezed from it. Whatever is or has been close to your heart is vulnerable to be broken. When we love or care about someone else, there will always be that potential to have our heart shattered to pieces.  Our hearts get broken over betrayal, rejection, loss of loved ones, broken dreams and more. It’s easy to feel like it’s just not worth it anymore to put ourselves out there…it’s not worth it to…

  • Cleaning,  Homemaking,  March,  Spring

    10 Easy Ways to Freshen Your Home on a Budget

    *Disclaimer: Amazon affiliate links have been used in this post. Springtime is finally upon us! I love spring because it represents a fresh new beginning….it’s a time of change, renewal and warmer days. This season is the perfect time to freshen up your home as well. Yes, I automatically get into the mindset of “spring cleaning” but today I’m sharing 10 easy ways to fresh your home on a budget before you even get into the full swing of spring cleaning….so that you can make the most of springtime! Open up your windows. During the winter months the windows stay closed. Your indoor air becomes stale. In fact, indoor pollution…

  • Devotionals,  Guest Posts

    Do We Have Enough? Is It Sufficient?

    Guest post by Mary Sparks, Pastor’s wife, Hope Baptist Church, Joplin, MO Sufficient? While pondering on the phrase “God’s grace is sufficient” my mind kept wondering …is it really? What is sufficient?  Is it “just enough” to meet your need?  Is it a “little more” to meet your need and have some left over?  Does it lack slightly below the “filling mark”? Think on these things: When your car is near the empty mark and the yellow light is on and the fuel light is on, and you are perhaps 30 miles from any station (you are guessing ‘cause you really don’t know how far it is).  Would one gallon…