Grace Notes

I recently read  and posted a review on the book  Faithful Finance by Emily Stroud.  Ms. Stroud's book challenged me to make some changes in my finances.  Fortunately nothing serious, but I did decide to make a change in my housing.  And that change, that journey, has become a testimony for me.  As you will find if you scroll down to earlier posts, I read and posted my review of Faithful Finance on January 24th of this year.    Over that weekend I just happened (we really know that's not what "happened") to see a home listed on the Zillow website.  A home that was listed for much less than my mortgage.  A home that was approximately two miles from my parents' home.  A home that was in the country and had a little bit of land.  A home I had admired for years, every time I passed it.  An old home.  I liked that home. That home became my inspiration.  I prayed, asking God to lead me.  If it was fine with Him, I would like to sell my home and move to the coun

By Cathy Gohlke Tyndale House Publishers Inc., 2017 Sometimes we dream of things we believe we cannot live without.   We think we know ourselves.   Then reality hits, and we find everything is upside down.     That’s what happens to young, ambitious Claire who fancies herself a writer helping with the French Resistance in the early stages of World War II.   Claire is in love with a man who is deep in the Resistance, and is helping him save Jewish children by smuggling them out of France.   Unfortunately, her love does not meet her at the agreed upon time, and Claire is forced to take responsibility for getting the latest group of children to safety.   She rebelliously resists going any further than she feels is necessary – she has done her duty.   But her plans fall apart.   She expects others to take responsibilities they have never agreed upon, while refusing to do the same herself.   Being forced to care for other people’s needs also allows Claire and her Aunt Miranda to grow, a