Getting a new car can be exciting.. especially when it is your first!  What is the first thing you do when you buy a new car?  You go show your friends!  Being a new Christian is the same way.. you want to tell everyone you see why you feel like a new person.  Sometimes it … Continue reading →

I got a comment on one of my posts that got me thinking…how can you explain the Trinity in laymen’s terms?  To the unbeliever, God, Jesus, and the Spirit, are seemingly not one being, and therefore do not exist.  To the believer, having felt the presence of the Spirit, and thru Him given the knowledge … Continue reading →

I got another opportunity to share my testimony tonight, and I realized some things.  At the time I was saved, my life was ‘perfect’.  I had a wonderful husband, a cutie patootie little munchkin, a house, a good job, a cool car, and extra shopping money.  Yet, something was missing.  Every day I would come home … Continue reading →

>Over this past month, I have sat down in front of my computer many times to write something uplifting for you all to read.  I start writing, and sit there staring at the monitor.. then I give up, and erase the whole thing.  This month has been full of everything I dread; hatred, lies, despair, … Continue reading →

>Late last night Seth and I were talking about how crazy it is that Christmas has already come and gone.  While we were quietly pondering the situation I had an overwhelming longing for the end of this world.  As I stared off down the street and at the Christmas lights, I felt like I was … Continue reading →

>Last Sunday we woke up as usual and started preparing for the day: church, lunch, hanging out, etc.  I was holding Ethan when he suddenly looked very ill.  I looked him in the eyes and said, “are you OK?”  He said, “I am going to barf!”  No sooner had I set him down when it … Continue reading →

>I had to have some small surgery on my arm a few months ago.  There is now a pretty noticeable scar on my arm…and sometimes I forget that it is there….but then I will be looking in the mirror and there it is.  It reminds me of what I went thru. Have you ever seen some … Continue reading →

>I woke up on Friday morning to my alarm, and purposefully turned it off.  I lay there…thinking about the things that would go on that day..and pondering over my troubles; where are we gonna find the money to travel for the holidays..what if Ethan gives me a hard time this morning and I’m late again…the usual.  … Continue reading →

>I was listening to a sermon a couple days ago where the pastor was talking about his friend (we will call him Frank) who had just gotten back from a trip to China.  Frank had observed that even in this imperialistic country, there was a Christian revolution happening.  Frank visited the underground churches there, and was … Continue reading →

>We sat down to watch a show together tonight..something rare in our household.  I was taken aback by the cussing, sexual references, and just bad humor.  This show used to crack me up, and now it made me sad.  The thing that made me laugh the hardest was when one of the characters played dumb … Continue reading →

>Lately I have been thinking about the idea that was presented to me about making a book with people’s testimonies and their pictures.  I prayed for God to tell me if this was even supposed to happen. Last night we had a mini Thanksgiving because my sis was in town.  So the whole family (my … Continue reading →

>I just wanted to point out some of the topics you can find right now on CNN.com.  I find it incredibly alarming to see the direction this world is headed in.  Headlines (with typical American reaction): Cholera kills 138 in 48 hours (oh my! Well, at least it isn’t happening here!) 400 trapped by rock … Continue reading →

>It is no secret that I am addicted to Facebook.  I check it approx. every 5 minutes.  Not to mention that I also check my website stats to see if anyone has been poking around..and the hotmail account…and this blog, and anything else that will inflate my head just a bit.  (I checked my FB 5 times during … Continue reading →

>I received an email from a Muslim friend of mine with a video attached.  The video was in response to the “Quran book burning” that was supposed to take place.  The woman on the video was one of the ministers of First Community Church in Ohio.  While I agreed with her that we should break … Continue reading →

>Life is complicated.  My mother always told me that I was a high low person…my low times are really low, and my high times are really high.  She should know, because every time something horrible or great happened, she was the first person I came crying to.  She would be there for me on the … Continue reading →

>I was eating lunch with a girlfriend yesterday, and we were having a conversation about how quickly kids grow up, and how they are ‘mini’ adults.  Her daughter is 4 years old, and already is concerned about what she should wear to school to impress her friends.  My 3.5 year old is showing the same … Continue reading →

>If you haven’t read my first post about the numbers 333, please read it first: http://themappsquest.blogspot.com/2010/03/strength-in-numbers.html I decided to revisit this topic in light of recent events.  You see, the number sightings did go away..for a while.  But for the past 2 or 3 weeks, they have started re-appearing.  I have learned a few things … Continue reading →

>I was encouraged, and excited to see the response I would get from my last post.  I shared the link on Facebook, and waited.  I got a call on Saturday afternoon, from a friend I work with, telling me that he was sorry for what I was about to read.  I thanked him for what … Continue reading →

>Last night, while laying in bed, a wonderful idea was presented to me.  I had been looking at different photographers websites, and had come accross one where a very talented man had taken a different portrait picture every day, for a year.  I loved the idea, and was really excited to do something similar..but different.  … Continue reading →

>Although none of us like to admit it, we have all peeked inside or thought of reading a ‘self help’ book or article.  I personally have tried my own fair share of ‘self helping diets’.  I thought it was appropriate to title this blog in this way, because there really is something out there that … Continue reading →