The fruit of the Spirit, kindness, is love in action. Kindness cries with the hurting, encourages the discouraged, and laughs with the joyful. Kindness expressed through the life of a humble believer is a powerful testimony of the love of Christ. Today may our love and kindness for one another glorify the Lord and be a witness to a watching world. May’s Rooted in Christ theme is Kindness Kellie Renfroe founded Mentoring Moments in 2005 with two friends as a {Read More}
Fresh Strawberry Spinach Salad
May 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
Strawberry season has begun! One of my favorite all-time salads is perfect with fresh, juicy strawberries paired with spinach. It’s simple to put together and would be marvelous for lunch or dinner. 1 bag of 50 / 50 salad mix (spring mix and baby spinach), ½ cup fresh blueberries, ½ cup sliced fresh strawberries, ½ cup chopped walnuts, blue cheese crumbles, any store-bought raspberry vinaigrette dressing (my favorite is Kraft’s Raspberry Hazelnut). Combine salad mix, berries, and walnuts. Sprinkle blue {Read More}
Where to Write Kindness
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
May’s Rooted in Christ theme is Kindness Kellie Renfroe founded Mentoring Moments in 2005 with two friends as a way to introduce women to the benefits of godly mentoring. Happily married for 23 years to Greg Renfroe, they have one daughter (13 years-old) and three sons (19, 11, and 8 years-old). Visit her new blog, Citizen Mama, follow on Facebook where she shares free Kindle books daily, and Twitter @kellierenfroe. Reading God’s Story Schedule today, 5/02/13: 2 Samuel 10, 1 {Read More}
May ~ Rooted in Kindness
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
John Maxwell said it this way, “No one cares how much you know until you show how much you care.” Mark Twain said, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” The Psalmist gets to the heart of the matter, addressing God as the true source of kindness, “For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.” Psalms 57:10. Kindness is mentioned over 295 times throughout the Bible, {Read More}
Chocolate Gravy and Biscuits
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you’re not from the South or have relatives from here, you may have not heard of chocolate and biscuits. It’s sweet, delicious, dangerous, and leaves chocoholics wanting more. A true Southern delicacy. Forget Nutella on croissants–this puts that to shame! Start breakfast off right by popping the biscuits in the oven to cook and start some sausage on the stove. Biscuits are best homemade, but I’ll let you in on a secret. Pillsbury’s Southern style buttermilk biscuits are easy {Read More}
Christian Idol Worship
April 26, 2013 By 1 Comment
(If you cannot view the video, click here.) “The Lord says: ‘These people come near me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.’ ~ Isaiah 29:13 ‘But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine the precepts of men.’ ~ Jesus, Mark 7:7 This has nothing to do with singing. Style, tempo, or lyrics. This is {Read More}
Southern Coconut Cake — the Secret Recipe
April 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Spring has officially arrived for me with the making of coconut cake. Homemade from scratch coconut cake is a Southern classic that compares to no other dessert. Secret recipes for coconut cake within families are as tightly held as the recipe for perfect fried pies (a post for another day). Today’s recipe is not the typical seven-layer cake, it’s an updated sheet cake version my Mom, Grandmother, every aunt, and most of the church ladies growing up made. Easier, faster, {Read More}
And Next Comes Peace ~
April 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Love, joy, patience, and now during April, we began our study of the Holy Spirit’s fruit of peace in the life of believers. Lets be honest here, our human flesh is given to worry, anxiety, and disharmony with others. All of us have experienced the absence of peace as a result of our original sin nature. We’ve all made mental decisions to ‘do better’, ‘keep our mouth shut,’ ‘be peaceful’, not worry’ and had it last only as long as {Read More}
When Patience Runs Thin
March 6, 2013 By 1 Comment
I didn’t notice the iron was set too high and burned a hole in my blouse. Impatient, I began ironing again instead of waiting for it to cool down. This time I left the scorched iron imprint on black dress pants. Next was the discovery of toothpaste, hair mousse, and hair spray swiped from my bathroom by teens. Let’s not even talk about the loud vocal search made for the missing hairbrush. Have those kind of days too? That was {Read More}
March ~ Clothed in Patience
March 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As a little girl I recall overhearing women at church talk about patience. Laughingly they would say, I know I need patience but I’m not praying for it because if I do the Lord will give me something to be patient about! Instead of avoiding patience like a stinky pair of shoes, according to Scripture we should be clothed in it daily. “Therefore as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” {Read More}
