This June, we visited Colorado for the first time and fell in love with this area! The state has gorgeous scenery and is truly special. We can’t wait to go back. The month held some highs and lows, but I am focusing on the good and sharing some of those […]
Author: Cassie Douglas
May Favorites
These M&M Cookies from Picky-Palate have been a favorite of ours for a few years now, and I made two batches of them in one week in May. 🙂 I leave out the chocolate chips and add pecans. If you don’t overcook them, they are soft and just. so. good. […]
April Favorites
This book will definitely be in my top 10 favorites for this year. Daniel Nayeri wrote Everything Sad Is Untrue from the perspective of his elementary and middle school self after his family immigrated from Iran to Oklahoma. He weaves Persian legends in with his family’s history in a windy […]
Practicing the Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control
Self-control is the ability to control our thoughts, words and actions. It requires moderation, restraint, and the ability to say no to sinful desires and temptations. This virtue is used as a defense against sin and the enemy. When we use it to guard our life, finances, health, and relationships, […]
Practicing the Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness
Gentleness is defined as being mild-mannered, compassionate, submissive to God’s will, meek and humble. It feels a little like a forgotten fruit, one of those at the end of the list that is harder to remember because it doesn’t seem as powerful as love or as difficult as patience. However, […]
Practicing the Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
Faithfulness is a bit hard to nail down because it takes a few different forms for us. It can mean full of faith, trusting and believing in God. It can also be defined as being trustworthy, loyal, dependable, true to our word, and diligent to fulfill responsibilities. We know that […]
Practicing the Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness
Goodness feels a little generic to me, because we use “good” to describe so many different things. Good news is positive, a good year for a business is profitable, good fruit is ripe, a good dog is obedient and “my goodness!” is an exclamation of surprise. So what exactly is […]
March Favorites
How are we already a quarter of the way through 2022? I hope you’ve had a great start to your year and are enjoying seeing signs of spring. I love all the new buds and blooms on the plants. I’m back with some favorites to share with you! These are […]
Practicing the Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness
I Corinthians 13:4 begins with “Love is patient, love is kind…”, and 1 John 4:16 tells us, “God is love.” Therefore, God is kind. While God’s kindness is intended to lead us to repentance, (Romans 2:4) our kindness should lead others to God. When we withhold kindness, we withhold the […]
Practicing the Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
Patience is the virtue that everyone jokingly says not to pray for, because patience has to be tested to be grown. In some versions of the Bible, this attribute is called forbearance, which isn’t a common word in today’s society. Forbearance means restraint from taking action, and is often used […]