by Lisa Maples | Jul 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Exodus 12:22-23 “You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning....
by Lisa Maples | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
While at the beach with my family this summer, my father-in-law was hospitalized with chest pain. After arriving at the ER late one night, he was admitted and scheduled for a heart stress test for the next morning. The doctor told him that he failed the...
by Lisa Maples | May 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
“There are three things that amaze me — no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman.” Proverbs 30:18-19 (NLT). I fell in love with him. It...
by Lisa Maples | May 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thank you to Ruth Ayers for providing a space to link our celebrations at www.ruthayerswrites.com. Psalms 92:4 “For you make me glad by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.” NIV Today I am celebrating life: Specifically, the...
by Lisa Maples | May 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Early on a recent Saturday afternoon, I plugged up the electric hedge trimmers and headed out to manicure four green bushes by our house. I couldn’t stand how overgrown they had gotten. They were a mess. There was a Knockout Rose bush right in the middle line...
by Lisa Maples | Apr 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
And just like that… it was time to watch my children finish one grade and launch into the next. Only this time, my oldest child was going to high school. The youngest will be finishing elementary school next year. Last week, my oldest child, my husband...