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Morning, noon, and night sickness…

I’ve always wondered why they call it morning sickness. I’ve never had just morning sickness. In my experience it is morning, noon, and night sickness. Any hour of the day, I could toss my cookies to the crows that roost in Yuba City. Last night I was at our son’s soccer game in the river bottoms. Of course I had to use the bathroom because this is another constant thing in my pregnant life right now, and the port-a-potty was about the nastiest thing I have ever seen. After stepping into that furnace of feces, I fell out of the […]

By Paula August 7, 2010

What I learned from a three-year-old…

This past week I helped with Vacation Bible School at our church, VBS as it’s called for short. To my alarm, this year I was put in charge of nearly a dozen three-year-olds. Teaching tots is not my gift. I much prefer walking college kids through God’s word. The good news was that I didn’t have to teach these little ones the Bible. Someone else did the teaching. I was put in charge of receiving these tiny students from their parents and guiding them from class, to games, to snack, to the bathroom, and back to class, and then returning […]

By Paula July 31, 2010

THE PILGRIMAGE

A year ago at this time I was working hard on a novel I believe was from God. To my amazement, the whole story played out in my mind like a movie over a few days time last May in the middle of something difficult I was going through. That difficulty quickly passed, but the story wouldn’t let me sleep. I took notes like crazy in May, and on the first day of June, sat down at my computer to write. By September, I had a novel in my hand that I carried to the ACFW conference. It was my […]

By Paula July 22, 2010

Touching the Ark

Today while reading the Bible, I was struck by the story of Uzzah, a man who touched the ark and died in the Old Testament. I’m not talking about Noah’s ark. This was the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the chest that contained the ten commandments. What struck me about Uzzah’s death was that he touched the ark with good intentions and still was put to death by God. The following scriptures explain this event… “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send word far and […]

By Paula July 8, 2010

Did you sharpen your axe?

“Did you sharpen your axe?” I asked my dad yesterday. He was looking weary as he sat behind his desk at his engineering office. “No,” he answered. “I’m too busy to sharpen my axe.” I put my hand on his shoulder and prayed for him. This is the meaning behind sharpening your axe to my dad and me: it means have you prayed today? I can’t quite remember when this axe/prayer became something special between us. Like just about every other thing I love about my dad, I can’t place the moment that thing became special to me. This 4th […]

By Paula July 7, 2010

The Bread of Life

While reading the Gospel of John, I came across something that struck me as very important for a Christian to know. This happened in John chapter 6 where Jesus is having a conversation with the Jews after his miracle of feeding the five thousand. The Jews were so pleased by this food miracle that they followed Jesus. Jesus’ response to them following him was this, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the […]

By Paula July 2, 2010

GRATEFUL

My mom and I just returned from a trip with John (age 7), Joey (age 5) and Garry James (age 2). On Wednesday, we began our journey at the dentist office. Garry James had his first checkup. I thought for sure this would be like stuffing a cat in the toilet, but to my surprise, Garry James was the perfect patient. The teeth cleaning and dental exam went great for all three boys. No cavities, and our new insurance covered the cost. The only hitch happened in the reception room after the exams. Clutching his toy for good behavior, Garry […]

By Paula June 26, 2010