by Darlene Schacht | Jul 25, 2020 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
Today’s Scattered Seeds Today was a warm day outside, but even so I decided to make warm chicken soup. It’s my son’s favorite after all, and today is his birthday. Just after I added the spices, I decided to sit down and write him a letter. I wanted...
by Darlene Schacht | Jul 22, 2020 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
When Michael and I got married, we had one simple rule: never go to bed angry. It was easy at first. We’d sit up and talk, we’d work things out, and then we’d go to bed happy. Once kids came along, life wasn’t so easy. We were both tired out....
by Darlene Schacht | Jul 16, 2020 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
Finding Your Purpose in God – Some days I don’t measure up. Sometimes I feel like I’m merely a fraction as good as the women around me. I’m not a great cook, but I try. One Thanksgiving the turkey was way undercooked, the next year it was...
by Darlene Schacht | Jul 9, 2020 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
We all struggle with something. Whether we’re selfish or lazy, we gossip, overeat, or overspend… Our flesh is at war with the spirit in a constant battle to win over our heart. In Galatians 5:17, Paul writes, “For the flesh lusteth against the...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 30, 2020 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
I’ve come to know the sounds in my home: the hum of a dryer, footsteps on the stairs, a drip from my kitchen faucet, the gentle thud of a refrigerator door when it closes, the sound of a car pulling up in the driveway, and the snore of a pug… All sounds...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 28, 2020 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
I planned a party in the best way I knew how with the finest food I could afford. It was the one time in my life that I went all out with the finest of cookies and jaw-dropping cakes, weeks of planning and preparation, beautiful decorations and hundreds of balloons....
