by Ashley | Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
My favorite holiday is approaching! My birthday! I’m kidding. It’s Easter. It just so happens that my birthday and Easter share a date this year. I decided to host both sides of my family because I happen to really like my family. All of them. This will...
by Ashley | Mar 30, 2015 | devotionals, giveaway, hope, Uncategorized
The lovely Heather Bixler (heatherbixler.com) is having a give away of her four-week mini Bible study on hope. Enter below! Enter for your chance to win 1 of 25 FREE audible copies of the audiobook “Hope – Four Week Mini Bible Study: Becoming Press...
by Ashley | Mar 23, 2015 | friendship, growth, hard times, Letters to Bea, love, Uncategorized, Unconditional Love, war, writing
The letters didn’t start out to be the life line that they had become. The idea was born out of desperation when the girls were dealt the blow of separation the summer before their senior year. It had been a dream come true for Bea to be able to stay in one...
by Ashley | Feb 20, 2015 | be brave, Holy Spirit, home schooling, Homemaking, Order brings peace, Uncategorized, writing
One of the things that surprised me about my office makeover was the spiritual aspect of it. I used to be slightly annoyed when people seemed to spiritualize everything. Now I see that the deeper we go in God and the more intimate you become, it is hard to just see...
by Ashley | Feb 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
This year, although only seven weeks old, has been full of purging. In all areas of my life, I am getting a lesson in simplification. Not from the aspect of doing and having few things, but in evaluating all I have and do and asking God, What’s worth keeping? This...
by Ashley | Feb 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have to confess that I am not an organized person. I used to be―in certain areas. As a teenager I would let my room get a big mess and then one day just dive in and clean it all up. I got enjoyment from the big difference that cleaning a big mess would give me....
