Be Real

Melissa | August 9, 2007

This morning while I was busying about my morning routine, and I was standing in front of my mirror in the bathroom, the Lord kept giving me a word over and over again until I finally listened.  “Transparency,” I said out loud as I looked at the image in the mirror.  Not the kind we [...]

Listening to the Voice of Truth – Part 4

Melissa | August 7, 2007

“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth.”
- John 16:13

 Admist this chaos, I began to hear His voice…”Believe Me, Believe Me, Trust Me, Trust Me.”  The answers started slowly coming through the Truth instead of lies.  It was as if I had started to take off the dark sunglasses [...]

Diffusing Stress

Melissa | August 6, 2007

I don’t think I need to say that homeschooling is a BIG job.  We all know that.  And it doesn’t take long after beginning homeschooling for the first time, for you to realize that.  Not only can it be physically demanding, but emotionally as well.  BUT, most of us also know that all this comes with awesome [...]

Listening to the Voice of Truth – Part 3

Melissa | August 2, 2007

When the first severe panic attack set in, my first thought was that this was the end.  I’m either dying from a heart attack, or I’m losing my mind.  It felt like a combination of both.  This surely is what hell feels like, complete confusion and a feeling of total separation from God.  “Why has [...]

Listening to the Voice of Truth – Part 2

Melissa | July 31, 2007

How was that for a cliff-hanger?  Yes, I could write a book about my experiences, perhaps I will someday.  Now, I suppose it would be good to go into a little about the past.  I don’t feel there’s much needed, because this is about God’s Truth and deliverance, the present and future.  And in the past, [...]

Listening to the Voice of Truth – Part 1

Melissa | July 28, 2007

Well, it’s finally here.  We will be starting our new school year on August 1, that’s this coming Wednesday!  The summers seem to just fly by.  But, there’s something different this year…it’s not just that we’re not moving, or not just that we’re not having a new baby join the family…there’s something else different….ME.
In the last two [...]