Category: Posts by MARILYN HOWSHALL

Hello Friends, As you know, my dear, handy husband has been helping me to outfit my new office hideaway. Someday I’ll show you pics of all the lovely real furniture he renewed for use in my workplace. For now I’ll share pieces that provide me with a bit of inspiration for a message to write… Continue reading She Makes Herself Strong

Hello Friends, We’ve had an epidemic of Pertussis (whooping cough) in our county, community, and family. Due to the fact that my two-week old grandbaby was unknowingly exposed, our county’s health department put our whole family on antibiotics three weeks ago. Our daughter, Jennifer, who still lives at home, had a severe case of it… Continue reading Redeeming an Unwanted Challenge

Hello Friends, Since moving into my brand new office hideaway, I’ve had fresh opportunity to be reminded of what the Good Lord has been bringing me through over the past eight years. My wonderfully handy husband, Jim, “renewed” one of our old file cabinets for me that we’ve had since the early ‘80s. You know, the… Continue reading Uncovering Buried Treasure

Hello Friends, The Lord blessed me with a brand new bulletin board this week, a lovely board that my friends, Tim and Barbie Poling, custom made for me and hung in my new office “hideaway.” My room has a large window that provides a useless view of an ugly storage space in the fire exit… Continue reading Full of Potential

Dear Friends, Our year got off to a resounding start! As some of you know, our new grandbaby, Shaun, decided to come two weeks early on December 29th. Kathryn and I were out shopping that day gathering up the last few things we needed for her to give birth at home. She was also taking… Continue reading New Year, New Life, New Beginnings

Dear Friends, Recently I heard a delightful story of how the children in one Lifestyle of Learning™ family expressed their compassionate hearts through their playtime. The girls asked their mom to take them to all the thrift stores in town. They had written a strategy for how to rescue all the forgotten stuffed animals! Mom… Continue reading Practicing for Real Life

Hello Friends, “Train up a child in the way he should go, [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 6:22 TAB). I love this promise from the Word of God, but like all of the Lord’s promises it comes with conditions…… Continue reading Keeping with Their Bents

Dear Friends, Like many little girls, my daughter Kathryn, wanted to try using a needle and thread. Knowing nothing myself about the craft of needlepoint she chose, I purchased a small kit that had a simple, pre-stamped design on the canvas. Being a young amateur it took her several tries to get her stitches right,… Continue reading The Canvas of Your Heart

Hello Friends, My family is celebrating my husband’s 63rd birthday this week. Things haven’t changed much over the years in how we celebrate special occasions, like the types of gifts we give, the special foods we fix, or the outings we take. However, back in the 1980s when Jim and I began to experience God’s… Continue reading So, a Small Word with Big Meaning