by Michele-Lyn Ault | Dec 31, 2012 | Christian Living, Counting 1000 Gifts, Making a Home, Motherhood, Parenting, The Soul
I’ve counted to and beyond 1000 gifts. This day ushers in the New Year, and we look to it as a marker for an end and new beginning. No doubt, last year was filled with its own triumphs and its own trials. It held celebrations, and also griefs. It’s...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Dec 10, 2012 | Christian Living, Counting 1000 Gifts
“The righteous may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers them from them all.” Psalm 34:19 NIV When I heard his yells from a far, I thought baby girl had made her way in front of his car. Panicked stricken I ran, but thankfully found her safely sitting...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Dec 3, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts
Sometimes it’s hard to say thanks, even to God. Our morning brought an unexpected mourning. Though we’ve been nursing our beloved horse Whiskers to health the last 3 weeks, we lost her, unexpectedly, this morning. So, with thanks today, also hard...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Nov 26, 2012 | Christmas, Counting 1000 Gifts, Motherhood
Do you remember last year at this time? There was a rustling in my soul. I read Ann’s words and they left me near breathless. “What does Jesus get for His birthday? …if we get wrapped presents for our birthdays, real sacrifices from people who love...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Nov 19, 2012 | Christmas, Counting 1000 Gifts
We told them last year, just a few days before Christmas, “Christmas will be different next year. It won’t be presents as usual to add to our already abundant lot. Christmas will be about giving. A turning from questioning, ‘What can we get?’...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Nov 5, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Missions
Joy dare. Sometimes, it really is. It’s been more than a month since I was there, and it feels like I don’t even know the person that went. I am not sure I can choose the right word to describe what has happened in my heart and life. Perhaps it would take...
