OVERWHELMED BY MY BLESSINGS

Summer Re-run (originally posted 9/12/07) It's long...but well-worth the read!! Someone recently forwarded this to me and it was just to...

(picture taken in our living room) A Summer Re-Run (orginally published 6/5/07) Recently I was sharing (whining) to one of my daughters abo...

A Summer Re-run (originally posted 7/22/07) This question has been resounding in my spirit for a few weeks now. In separate conversations wi...

A Summer Re-run (originally posted 11/11/07) We have raised an eighth child. He has lived with us for many years, and is nearly grown now. H...

A Summer Re-Run (originally posted 9/27/07) Consider the “er” factor while your kids are young. Everything will be hard-ER, take long-ER, be...

I was walking through the house one day last week and overhead the TV from Dirk’s office saying something about “Momnesia”. It was a morning...

“I’m going to get the mail”. This was my statement in the afternoon of any given day when we were finished with our studies. Translated, it ...

Live your life “in the open” This is something I’ve heard Dirk say very often to our two teen sons. He has encouraged them to be open with t...

Consider the Source This is a little bit of a touchy topic, because it does require a measure of judgment. But, it is something that has sav...

We finally have our internet back up and running again. Thanks for your patience!! Lighten Up I distinctly remember Dirk talking to me one d...

Getting on their level Your 4 year old is being extra cranky. You’ve had your fill. He challenges your correction one more time, arguing wi...

I have known Dirk Meadows since I was 15 years old, and have been married to him for 33 years. He is not only the father of our seven childr...

A Compost Pile I keep a compost pile. It’s where my fruit and vegetable scraps go, along with grass clippings and many oak leaves. It sits o...

I’m a nothing. A big, fat zero. A nobody, zilch, nada, nil. Aren’t those the lies we hear whispered in our ears on a daily basis? Lies satan...

My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. II Cor. 12:9 –The Message His grace is enough. ...

I remember one day when my children were young, Dirk coming home from work, finding us all sitting in the floor crying. Even me! I was don...

An anonymous story with a great message.....enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A young woman went to her mother and told her a...

You’ve blown it. It’s been a horrible day, the kids have been extra-disobedient, everything has gotten on your nerves and you finally lost ...

Consider the awesome magnitude of this thought. Before time ever began, God chose you for your child and your child for you, complete with h...

I remember a time, maybe even more than one, when Dirk would come in from a hard day at work and find chaos was reigning and we were ALL si...