Heroes

Ordinary people living extraordinarily selfless lives, dedicated to preserving our freedom, and willing to give their lives to do so, if necessary. Thank you to every man and woman who has ever served  our great nation and  highest honor and tearful thanks to our family’s hero  pictured below. Though we have no idea what you, precious…

Our Place of Praise

Today we come together, across miles, countries and continents to stand together in praise and worship. We worship Almighty God because all of His promises are true. We can stand firm. We can trust Him.   He is faithful. Always. Always. Always. Faithful. God always keeps His promises. Every single one of them. Not once…

Oh me.

Oh my. I was going to start writing a blog post but last night I did not sleep well and so tonight, instead of typing easily, I keep falling asleep each time I begin.   So at the moment, I am thinkin’ this is definitely not-gonna’ work. the Nile But actually, since I’m mentioning falling…

A Powerful True Love Story

Every now and then there is a story that just screams, “The world needs to see this!” {Flower picture from my own backyard this afternoon – I love living in Phoenix} At the same time, it so happens that this month is National Brain Injury Awareness month and what a perfect day in the most…

4,000,000 and 4,000,001

Woo-hoo!   Kind of giggly today… Miss Lynsie  a bloggy friend who {pictured with her beautiful treasures}  stopped by our Place at just the right time and found herself number 4,000,000 and sent me the fastest email… And unlike last time when something like  22 were on when it turned to 3,000,000 [and all sent…

Wheels

A couple of weeks ago I received an email notice that someone I barely knew had placed some  money in my Paypal account. It was an extremely hectic day  and all I could think was,  “Wonder what that’s all about?” An hour or so later I saw that there were a couple more emails saying the same…

This Guy Right Here

This guy right here is celebrating his 7th… where in the world has the time gone? I know as parents we say that a ton but really, this time, I really mean it. For you who’ve been hanging around our Place Called Simplicity for a while you will remember him as the guy who together…

The Disclaimer…

Well it sounds like many of you, after reading  your comments here and on FB have been in  the same boat and are waiting for answers. I’m so very grateful that my situation encouraged  your heart and ministered to your souls.  God’s word is clear that we comfort or encourage each other by the same way…

Selah With Us This Christmas

No doubt, just like everyone else, our “to do” list can seem endless this time of year…. After many years of wondering how Christmas came speeding upon us with little thought to Christmas and the reason we celebrate it, we’ve come to understand that if  we don’t Selah {rest} and allow God’s peace to  bring us…

The Rocks

Is anyone else as giddy as we are  knowing that   Joshua is slowly healing? I’m not a medical person in any way, but I do know that heart attacks often cause serious damage to the heart structure and function. I can’t imagine that it hadn’t caused some damage when Joshua’s brand  new heart had…