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The Flow of History

June 1, 2016 by Esther Filbrun · Leave a Comment

01: Flow of History

If there’s one thing I remember doing in my earliest memories, it would be having our family worship time. Although the times of day when we do it has changed over the years, it’s an every day occurrence aside from Sundays. I only remember one time when we’ve actually missed having it, and that was not on purpose, believe me! This is a long standing tradition, one that I’m sure will never stop, even after all of us children eventually leave home.

I really respect my dad for keeping it up all these years. It can’t be easy for him; often he’s had long days at work and he’s physically drained, but he always makes sure that we have our Bible time.Over the years, we’ve done at least two almost cover-to-cover read throughs of the Bible (we’ve skipped some of the genealogies—the younger children have a hard time reading, let alone understanding, all the names!). I can’t remember exactly when we started the last read-through, but it was probably a year or two ago. We got up to 1 Kings 7 by October last year, then Dad decided to switch to Blue Letter Bible’s Chronological reading plan. Reading the Bible this way adds a whole new dimension to the stories and context, which makes it quite interesting! Currently, we’re reading in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah.

One Year Thankfulversary: Giveaway Time!

March 31, 2016 by Esther Filbrun · 7 Comments

One Year Celebratory Giveaway

When I mentioned that I wanted to do a giveaway yet this month to my mom, she asked “Is it because you launched the site about this time last year?”

“No…but that could be the reason!” I replied.

God’s Surprises

March 19, 2016 by Esther Filbrun · 1 Comment

Bee on the Goldenrod

This morning, I saw that this week’s five minute Friday prompt was the word “surprise”. Even though I’ve never done it before, I thought this would be a fun challenge, so below is my piece on the topic.

The rules: Write for five minutes straight, with no editing, on the topic given. Share online.

Easy enough . . . hopefully!

Learning to Love

March 12, 2016 by Esther Filbrun · 2 Comments

Learning to Love

This month, I’m participating in a study on love, based on 1 Corinthians 13. I’ve had different ideas on the topic over the years—back when I was 5 or 6 and couldn’t write much, the most common phrase in my letters was “God is love”.Back then, those words were security to me. That is who God is. But my idea of love—God’s love—never went far beyond that. That is who God is, but I never applied it to my life as “God is love, so therefore I should be . . . .”

The Rock Stands Forever

February 20, 2016 by Esther Filbrun · 2 Comments

Ocean02

When I got home from work today, I found out that a friend of the family who had been planning to come spend the day with us tomorrow came today instead, and brought a friend along with him. It was great to meet her, and nice to catch up with him a little.

Weekend Musings: God’s Righteousness and Goodness

October 17, 2015 by Esther Filbrun · Leave a Comment

It’s been one of those beautiful blessed days. We went to the domain today (like a park, but out in the country and it isn’t as trimmed and polished as one in town), and I basked in the beautiful green, green scenery and the blue, blue sky. It was indescribably gorgeous. I love spring days!

Through different Bible studies lately—what others have pointed out to me, and more personal studies, I’ve had some fascinating thoughts come up. Since I have the chance tonight, I thought I’d jot them down and share.

God's Righteousness and Goodness

There are two things I have in mind especially—righteousness and God’s overwhelming goodness.

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