Praying for Peace: On Wars, Anger, Hurts – When Life Brings Pain and Disappointments. Includes Helpful Notes, Quotes & Bible Verses about Revenge, Anger, Love, Forgiveness, Misunderstanding, Arguments, Confrontation, Wisdom, Kindness, Peace, and Reconciliation. ***I wrote this article over 3 years ago but have never published it on JollyNotes.com. I ran into it as I [...]
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Does God still Heal People Today? Does God still Speak to us Today? Does God still Perform Miracles Today? Does God still Answer Prayers? 5 Powerful Testimonies & Miracles from Christians which explore the questions – Does God still heal, and Does God still heal today? Does God still send angels? Does God still speak [...]
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Tags: Blessings, Children, Choices, Confidence, Disappointments, Dreams, Encouragement, Experiences, Family, Forgiveness, God, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, God's Power, God's Word, Guidance, Healing, Hearing God, Inspiration, Miracles, Patience, Peace, Storms, Testimonies, Thankfulness, Timing, Tough Times, Vision, Waiting
Our boys both experienced major milestones this past fall – Our 5 year old started kindergarten, and our 3 year old little guy started preschool . Trusting God to continue to lead, guide and bless them as they learn and grow each day. We are very thankful that their transition has been such a positive [...]
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Tags: Anger, Blessings, Children, Choices, Confidence, Daily Living, Disappointments, Experiences, Forgiveness, God, God's Word, Guidance, Hurts, Joy, Our Behavior, Patience, Peace, People, Relationships, Waiting, Wisdom
Just the other day, our 5 and 3 year old boys had been playing happily for a while…. until they had a disagreement. I’ll spare you the details of what led to that lol, but the summary is that my 5yr old got mad at my 3yr old, and made it very clear to him. [...]
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Tags: Anger, Choices, Conscience, Daily Living, Disappointments, Discipleship, Experiences, Family, Forgiveness, God, God's Faithfulness, God's Word, Hurts, Inspiration, Life, Mercy, Our Behavior, Patience, Peace, People, Relationships, Showing Mercy, Wisdom
It’s dinner time. Dinner tonight is a savory meal of rice, moist, delicious roasted chicken, and nicely seasoned vegetables. Hubby has a meeting after work so he’ll be eating his dinner later. But my boys, aged 5 and 3, need to eat now – a little extra play time, clean up time, bath time, and [...]
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Tags: Children, Choices, Conscience, Daily Living, Discipleship, Experiences, Family, food, Forgiveness, Giving, God, God's Love, God's Word, Growing in God, Guidance, Hurts, Inspiration, Life, Love, Our Behavior, Parents, Peace, Relationships, Wisdom
I was sitting down at the dining table the other day, typing away at my computer. The boys were playing with their cars on the dining floor. They laughed and chatted about all sorts of things as they played. I joined in their conversation, laughing along… but I kept typing away. My 2 yr old [...]
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Tags: Choices, Confidence, Conscience, Daily Living, Dreams, Experiences, Faith, Forgetting the Past, Forgiveness, God, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Life, Looking Ahead, Mistakes, Moving Forward, Moving on, Our Behavior, Patience, Peace, People, Relationships, Timing, Tough Times, Trusting God, Vision, Wisdom
We have a side by side fridge & freezer – one of those with a freezer from top to bottom on the left side, and a fridge from top to bottom on the right side. It saves us a lot of space – we don’t need a deep freezer in addition to a huge fridge. [...]
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Tags: Blessings, Children, Conscience, Daily Living, Disappointments, Experiences, Forgiveness, God, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, God's Mercy, Life, Love, Mercy, Our Behavior, Patience, Peace, Relationships
I am thankful. My home is currently extremely messy and is truly a shame to behold – we’ve all been pretty sick (each of us in varying degrees) this past week, and everything except the essential stuff has taken the back burner. I am thankful we have a home to live in – the mess [...]
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Tags: Appreciation, Being Different, Blessings, Children, Daily Living, Diversity, Dreams, Family, food, Forgiveness, God, Happiness, Inspiration, Joy, Life, Love, Parents, People, Relationships, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving
So… like everyone else, I sometimes get disappointed by people (and I disappoint some people sometimes too). It happens to everyone from time to time. Some disappointments are huge and can seem crushing, others are no big deal and we can just brush them off and quickly move on. Yep, it is unfortunately a fact [...]
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Tags: Anger, Choices, Disappointments, Experiences, Forgiveness, Hurts, Joy, Love, Peace, People, Relationships, Wisdom
