Daily Encouragement

“Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8, NASB). I certainly wish he didn’t prowl around wanting our children, but he does. ...

We all have black sheep in our families. Maybe you can’t think of any in your immediate past, but we are all descended from Adam and Eve, and we all know what they did. So, when we dig, we will probably find s...

Ray’s oxygen dropped yesterday, so he went to the hospital at least overnight for treatment. Your care and prayers mean so much to us. Here is a vintage post from my blog archives. ~Charlene

King Solomon had it all, accordi...

I haven’t written about Ray’s health challenges in a while. Though the challenges continue, we were surprised and thrilled when his August pulmonary function test at Vanderbilt was better than the one he had in June. The one in September wa...

Ray and I are grateful for the fall nip in the air. It felt just right at the two fall festivals we enjoyed on Saturday. We started the day in Gainesboro where we watched many homeschooled children clog on the town square. Ray rested while Mary Evelyn, h...