by Stacey Thacker | Apr 11, 2011 | Multitude Monday, Parenting, Teacher's Desk, Thankful |
“Sometimes…I have made the building process more costly than God ever intended it to be. Like other homeschooling mothers who live under the fear of not doing enough, I expected more of myself than God did. Consequently, I set unrealistic goals and higher standards...
by Stacey Thacker | Apr 4, 2011 | Multitude Monday, Thankful |
The Lord often works on my heart during worship. Sunday was no different. I wrestled with Him once again over a pruned place in my life. So I sat down, and scribbled these notes… There are times when a pruned place hurts deeply. Initially, it was painful. A...
by Stacey Thacker | Mar 28, 2011 | Multitude Monday, Thankful |
Counting 1,000 Gifts… #715 Not wasting time. #716 Sandcastles. #717 Sunrise over the Atlantic. #718 Morning coffee on the deck, kids all huddled under towels and grownups hugging steaming mugs. #719 Kids being kids with no one to tell them not to be. #720...
by Stacey Thacker | Mar 21, 2011 | Multitude Monday, Thankful, Uncategorized |
Counting 1,000 Gifts The moon has all my gaze, God-glory heavy and mounting. I kneel here, needing to know how a hung rock radiates – ethereal? This beauty is not natural, not of nature. This beauty is not merely form and color but Gods’ “shining...
by Stacey Thacker | Mar 14, 2011 | Multitude Monday, Thankful |
For what could have been and what could be…mercy meets in the middle, calls me by name and says, “You, yes you, come to the table.” And once again, I give thanks. Counting 1,000 Gifts #701 The millions of time He said no, when I really wanted, yes....
by Stacey Thacker | Mar 7, 2011 | Multitude Monday, Thankful |
I’ve been challenged by Oswald Chambers recently to be broken bread and poured out wine. Ann spoke similarly of this in One Thousand Gifts – receiving thanks, giving thanks, and becoming the thanks offering. Mostly, I get to the broken part and find...
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