In Martha’s Backyard, the focus is on a healthy mind, body and spirit. Topics include nutrition, exercise, proper diet, detoxifying your body and your surroundings.
Today we have no new authors to introduce. The first BACKYARD post is here.
Sitting at His Feet
In Martha’s Backyard, the focus is on a healthy mind, body and spirit. Topics include nutrition, exercise, proper diet, detoxifying your body and your surroundings.
Today we have no new authors to introduce. The first BACKYARD post is here.
When I got married, I adored my husband. I was sure he was the right man for me. He was my best friend. He was funny. He loved and protected me. But marriage didn't end up being what I was anticipating. I wanted my husband to love me for me, and it seemed that when we didn't make love he got ticked off. And so I started challenging all my assumptions. I figured that Keith really didn't love … Read more...
I'm one of those people who believes in trusting God absolutely. It's just that I fear that in most circumstances, God could really use a hand. And I try to give it to Him! That didn't work tremendously well growing up, and God had to hit me over the head a few times to make me trust Him. I was constantly interfering in friendships, in relationships, trying to force them to go my way because I … Read more...
As we embark on this most holy week leading up to the celebration of Resurrection Sunday, I want to remind you of another occasion that you may want to consider observing. Passover. Yes. You heard me right. Passover. No. I’m not Jewish. As I’ve said before, I’m a Protestant believer in Christ. A Gentile, even. But I am one who has, for several years, observed Passover with my … Read more...
Years ago, when our children were small, my husband and I decided to do something that seemed so radical to us at the time. We decided that whenever it was humanly possible, we would sit down at the dining table as a family and eat dinner together. When my husband's schedule didn't allow him to be home for family dinner time, the children and I would have dinner together at the table, with their … Read more...
So it has been a couple of days into my fast from social media, and just as I expected, God is using a highlighter, bold print and italics everywhere to make a statement to me. Clarity is the nature of fasting. If you have never before fasted, I challenge you to consider it. There is nothing like removing the things we rely upon and exchanging those experiences for reliance on the Lord to gain … Read more...
At the beginning of the year, I decided to change-up my Bible reading plan. Usually, because I like order and checklists, I start at Genesis and go through. I got daring one time and went in chronological order. This year I decided to start with the New Testament, because usually by the time I get there in my reading plan, I am worn out. My get up and go has gotten up and tried to leave, as my … Read more...
These were the tear-filled words of my friend as I sat across the table from her listening to her share her struggles to find normal after years and years of addiction. She had just listed off her celebrations - things she did accomplish, things she had never done before because it was just too hard - she had lived a life of defeat, running to other substances when the weight of the daily … Read more...
It isn't just the big answers I hear...sometimes, I hear God's answers to me in the littlest of things--things that only HE knows I think about. Like the blue bird--I saw one flit across the road in front of my car the other day. He knows I look for them. He knows I find hope for spring in seeing them. He knows how I love the deep, rich blue color. He knows I sigh, when I see … Read more...
