The Love Dare Journal — Day 5 Posted on April 20, 2009 By pamela Today’s “Dare” begins: Love is not rude. Once again, I find it difficult to carry out the dare of the day. I say this because I genuinely feel as though I am never rude to my husband. In fact, from the beginning of our marriage, courtesy and manners have… Read more
On Colbert… Posted on April 19, 2009 By pamela This isn’t a blanket endorsement of Stephen Colbert or The Colbert Nation… but I’m just posting this so that you’ll see the lengths to which some people are going to deceive others or to discredit the Bible. I first saw this at an apologetics conference this weekend during a talk… Read more
another menopause tale… Posted on April 18, 2009 By pamela There’s more to this than meets the eye. Stuff you don’t know until you do. Read more
Are you a big surprise? Posted on April 17, 2009 By pamela Have you let someone mock you and steal your dream? Our family crowed [sorry, that’s a typo. Our family didn’t crow around the computer — we crowded; c-r-o-w-d-e-d]around the computer to view a YouTube video that was suggested to us. So we waited for the video clip to upload…. When… Read more
Because of Jesus Posted on April 12, 2009 By pamela I’m in awe… thankful and amazed at the mercy of God. I could never do anything, be anything, think anything: to earn my way to redemption. But God! Because of the cross… because of Jesus — Jesus alone I stand redeemed. I stand in awe, I stand redeemed. Consider Jesus…… Read more
The Love Dare Journal — Day 4 — Love is Thoughtful Posted on April 12, 2009 By pamela “Love thinks. It’s not a mindless feeling that rides on waves of emotion and falls asleep mentally. It keeps busy in thought, knowing that loving thoughts precede loving actions.” Today’s ‘dare’ is based on the principle that Love is Thoughtful. I have been prompted to ask… Read more
The Love Dare Journal — Day 3 — Love is not selfish — Posted on April 11, 2009 By pamela Love is not Selfish. This chapter begins with the comment: “We live in a world that is enamored with ‘self.’ The culture around us teaches us to focus on our appearance, feelings, and personal desires as the top priority. The goal, it seems, is to chase the highest level of… Read more
Heard at our house today: Posted on April 8, 2009 By pamela “Look, Mama! I’m getting so good at exemotion points. See?” And on the page a beautifully written exclamation point ! Read more
Oooops. Posted on April 8, 2009 By pamela “We should not let 2% of the population determine or change the definition of marriage….” RW Back to “…Rwanda……and what the recession is doing to the spiritual climate of our nation…” Read more
The Love Dare Journal — Day 2 — Love is Kind Posted on April 7, 2009 By pamela The Love Dare — Day 2 — Love is Kind Today’s Dare was much like (in my mind anyway) yesterday’s dare — except it was more “outward” or “tangible” instead of passive, personal or inward. Whereas yesterday’s dare was a “be careful, little mouth, what you say” sort of… Read more