A Comforting Reminder for Today

July 12, 2015

Blessings to you on this Lord’s Day, my friends!

About SmellingCoffee

I'm a Jesus-loving, husband-loving, family-loving minister's wife, empty-nesting mom & new grandma {Coco} making our home and serving our Lord in North Mississippi. I study, teach, speak, and write for the greatest Boss in the universe. "Faith, Family, Food, Fun, and Living Life brewed in the fragrance of the knowledge of Jesus Christ in every place": That's what you'll find at SmellingCoffee.com

Most favorite people in the world: James (my husband), Nathan (my son), Abigail (my daughter), Aden (Abigail's husband), *SAM* and *MARY ELLA* (our 2 year old grandson and brand new granddaughter!!!) Mary (my mom), Gilbert (my dad, who now lives in Heaven), and my empty nest dog - Zoe (who has her own hashtag: #ZoeMyDoggy). And...I couldn't leave out my brother (Chris) and his family, my sister (Rebecca) and her family, or my Aunt Bibby - who, by the time I was three, taught me to drink from a china cup, eat shrimp cocktail, and how to shop with "lay away"! She now lives with Jesus, too... but Ill forever be grateful for her presence in my life! Favorite foods: Hazelnut coffee, milk chocolate candy, and chocolate chip cookies (gluten free, these days). Favorite relaxation activities: Reading a Christian historical fiction book in a long bubble bath, after a 2 hour nap on crisp, clean sheets... mmmmm! Favorite Sport: SHOPPING!!! (very similar to hunting, I think)... Favorite shopping find: an 80% off sale, and snagging designer clothing for $3.99 at Goodwill. :-) Most frequently used daily Devotional Book: My Utmost For His Highest (Oswald Chambers), Daily Light, and Valley of Vision (A Collection of Puritian Prayers). Bible Studies that have changed my walk with the Lord: Experiencing God (Henry Blackaby), Living God's Word (Waylen Moore), A Woman's Heart (Beth Moore), and Seeking Him (Nancy Leigh DeMoss Wolgemuth) Favorite Bible Verse... For now: Philippians 2:13 "It is God who gives you both the desire and the power to do what pleases Him."

Be Thou My Filter

September 29, 2020 By SmellingCoffee

Something was weighing heavily on my heart… my actions and reactions and thoughts weren’t pleasing to Jesus… so I asked the Lord to be the Filer through which I process the news and views around me…the Filter through which I see, read, listen, and think about current events. Click the pic to read more, and to be encouraged in your own heart. www.SmellingCoffee.com

A Word for the Wilderness

July 28, 2013 By SmellingCoffee

Are you in the wilderness today? Not knowing what to do or where to go next? Wondering those questions of WHY, WHEN, WHO, WHERE, HOW? This Psalm is especially dear to me this summer. I am slowly storing it in my mind and heart. It was written by David when he was in the wilderness […]

For this Man I prayed… and waited… and wrote… {PART 1}

October 17, 2016 By SmellingCoffee

Today James and I will have been married for 24 years. Twenty-four-years. It sounds much longer to me than it actually feels, yet I can hardly remember doing life without him. Four years ago I posted a three-part series on how I prayed and waited on God to bring James into my life, and […]

Encouragement to and for The Body of Christ

July 5, 2015 By SmellingCoffee

I didn’t even mean to be there this morning, but that’s often how the Lord works, isn’t it? Instead of moving forward in Scripture, the Holy Spirit kept pulling me backward page by page until I reached the beginning of Ephesians, even to the notes preceding chapter one, verse one, where this phrase caught my […]

Need Encouragement Today?

July 18, 2019 By SmellingCoffee

Do you ever need some encouragement to keep pressing on and trusting God? This post contains 15 powerful Bible verses to strengthen and encourage you.