The Linzey Team

The Lord is so good to take us where we are, to tenderly point out the areas in our life that need attention, to help us through His pruning process and with a loving hand stretch us, sometime beyond what we think we can go, forming us, refining us, growing us, correcting us, strengthening us, encouraging us, and ultimately transforming us into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ.  Life is an overwhelming journey. There are things to learn, people to meet, decisions to make, appointments to keep, places to be, thoughts to process, life to live... and hardly enough time to do it all (or so if feels)! But have you ever wondered which way to go?   A few months ago the Lord got my attention through a small comment in a little book I was glancing through. It said this: "So often we try to ask God for direction in life, when all He wants us to do is follow Him." (Karla Dornacher) That grabbed me in a very personal way as I had just been given a responsibility that ...

Happy Birthday, Mama! We surprised Mama on Mother's Day with the formal breakfast and other sweet tokens of love and gratitude, so she honestly thought that that also made up for her birthday--which was a few days later... But we knew better! Papa took her out to dinner on her special day, so in order to catch her off-guard we saved our next big surprise for the following day when we then gave her a party-full of new items for her kitchen. But we weren't done yet... Since the three May birthdays are just days apart, we usually have one big party all combined. Our final surprise was a whole new set of pots and pans to replace Mama's old ones which were beginning to reveal their "wear-&-tear". She was SO happy!! :) Happy Birthday, Anna! Anna is such a blessing to our family! Her quiet, confident, cheerful, strong spirit is an encouraging, inspiring asset to any who know her. It was our joy to express our appreciation for our big sister as she begin...

Mothers with courage;  Mothers who pray, These are the kind  The world needs today. Mothers who think,  Who study and plan; Mothers who laugh  As much as they can, Having the gift  That is better than money-- The habit of seeing  That some things are funny. Mothers whose faith  Never waivers or falters; Mothers whose spirits  The world never alters; Loving the right  And scorning the wrong; Facing the the problems  Of life with a song. Mothers whose bravery  Transcends their fears; Winning the battle  With patience and tears; Never submitting  To weakness or sin-- Storming heaven's gates  Till the children are in. Mothers heroic,  Not guilty of whining; Hands graced with service  And faces with shining. Mothers of purity,  Virtue and faith, Steadfast in li...