Disclaimer: 
My endorsement of the songs below does not mean I fully endorse each artist. 
The songs listed are those that have stirred my heart to rise up and give thanks to The Lord no matter what the day or night is like.

My Heart Is Filled With Thankfulness - Keith...

The caravan was moving steadily.  The braying of the donkeys was almost as loud as the laughter from the children as the group continued down the dusty road.  Suddenly, a frantic voice could be heard in the crowd.

"Jesus?!  Jesus!  Where are you?!"

Mary and Jos...

I was juggling dirty socks, three children's books, a random plastic cup, a pair of boy's pants that desperately needed washing and a toothbrush (don't ask) when I heard it again.

"Mom..."

I closed my eyes.  How could that one word bring so much joy and so much irritatio...

Join me over at The Better Mom today!

click here to read

"Jehovah, restore the joy of Your salvation to me!" David prayed as tears fell down his face.

He couldn't eat.  He could barely sleep.  The awareness of what he had done was overpowering and his actions were playing like a movie reel in his mind.  David, a man with a he...

Thick, dark clouds loomed over the earth as rain began to fall.  Lightning flashed and tore across the sky while the ground shook beneath the people's feet.

One... by one... by one... by one... 

every evil thought and every wicked deed

was hurled on top of His back. 

Imagi...

Her wavy curls bounced as she ran.  At four years old, the backyard was the place where castles stood and where dragons were slayed.  All the adventurous and magical things her little mind could imagine happened there. The sunlight brought out the golden strands in her...

Every 13 seconds, there is one divorce in America.
 

That equates to 277 divorces per hour, 6,646 divorces per day, 46,523 divorces per week, and 2,419,196 divorces per year.

That means there are 9 divorces in the time it takes for a couple to recite their wedding vows...

In Matthew 23, Jesus spoke some hard words to His followers concerning the scribes and Pharisees.  He told them that the Pharisees tie up heavy burdens and weigh the people down by laying those burdens upon the shoulders of the people.  Jesus exposed the Pharisees who...

There is a monster that loves to linger.  To look at him, you would never be intimidated by his small stature and his flimsy frame.  But his shadow is another story.  The shadow is enormous and grotesque, threatening everything that is peaceful and hopeful.  You may no...