Author: Melissa Paul

Mother’s Day is just two days away.  I have a son who will soon be four years old and a daughter who just turned one.  I find myself thinking back on last year’s Mother’s Day.  […]

On the 21st of this month, my baby Chelsea will turn one year old.  As her first birthday approaches, I can’t help but remember the days surrounding her birth.  My water broke at 5 a.m. […]

Have you ever felt so lonely that it hurt?  That you cried big crocodile tears and felt like no one else would understand?  I felt that way about a week or two ago.  I hadn’t […]

  My favorite Christmas song is “O Holy Night.”  My favorite rendition of it is the one sung by Martina McBride.  I just love to have a quiet moment in my car when I’m driving […]

Today did not go as planned.  Three out of the four of us in my family are sick.  Fun travel plans were cancelled.  The kids needed more attention than usual today and my husband and […]

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  2 Corinthians 5:17. Last night, I was at a local church on behalf of Streetlight USA.  […]

I’m currently attending a Bible study on Genesis.  During the Lecture portion of our meeting, the lady giving the lecture made a statement that has really left an impression on me.  She was talking about […]

In 1 Peter 5:8, God’s word says, “Be self-controlled and alert.  Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” One of the devotionals in my NIV Women’s Devotional […]

In a matter of hours, the Summer Olympics 2012 will begin in London.  I always enjoy watching the Olympics, both winter and summer games.  In the summer Olympics, my favorite events to watch are gymnastics, […]