February 2010

Today we had an individual come into our office struggling to breath.  It was almost as if she was hyperventilating or had an obstruction in her throat.  From my office, I heard the difficulty in breathing and came to our caseworker’s aid.  As I turned the corner, I saw her Read more…

My friend Juanita mentioned an idea in a small group the other day about kids nowadays having a ‘nature deficit’. This idea really started to get my mind going. And it made me wonder what this has to do if anything with our holiness adventure in regards to our personal Read more…

So, my son Benjamin has a pretty nasty cough. Every time he hacks, it sounds like his little two-year old body is being rattled and scraped from the inside out. It is pretty awful. When I think about how painful this infection is that his body is fighting off – Read more…

 “Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.” Psalm 102:18 Beth Moore inspired the following thoughts, from her study “Believing God”, and I highly recommend it to both men and women. She says, “We all are responsible to the next Read more…

It has been a long time since I have written anything, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t thought of my walk. I have found that it is very easy to become “side-tracked”, and neglect my time with God. You can spend everyday for three months building your discipline of spending Read more…

And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2:3 TODAY, Thursday, February 4th feels like a holy day to me. Thursdays is when I take my Sabbath. When I think of a Read more…

Okay. I’m taking the challenge from my brother (I’ve always been a little competitive), and am starting to contribute to this dormant blog once again. Nearly two years of silence is long enough! The goal – for the Shiels kids (and some guest bloggers) to get back in gear and Read more…