When Worry Makes You Restless
What are you worrying about? Is there something that you can’t stop rehashing? I’ll admit it! I’ll raise my hand to say — I’ve had some worries lately, friends. Will the kids be ok? Will their future...
View ArticleHandling Broken Things…
The plant wasn’t even real; it was plastic. Maybe that’s why it wouldn’t stand upright. At the slightest sign of wind, the dang plant, and the pot it was in, would crash over. I’d walk outside and see...
View ArticleFacing The Hard Truth
Blog Post: When Admitting Truth Is Hard Standing on the tarmac, getting ready to launch off on my bike with my family, I made a random comment to my husband. Friends, I can’t remember exactly what it...
View ArticleHope for Today
I desperately needed coffee! In line to get one at a store, a man rolled up next to me. I noticed his leg. It rested on a leg crutch with wheels. In my mind, I stood at high alert. Why? Because the...
View ArticleDon’t Shrink Back
What do you do when your years-long prayers haven’t been answered? When people haven’t been there for you the way you hoped? When the enemy keeps hitting you when you’re down? When you feel worn out?...
View ArticleWhen Waiting is Agonizing
Have you ever tried to get ketchup out of the bottle? I mean, the real bottle, not the plastic variety where you can squeeze it hard and it spurts out. The glass-bottled ketchup was so impertinent,...
View ArticleOne Thing You Can’t Forget
It was one of those mornings… I woke early with a decisive plan of action. I would sneak out of the hotel room, unnoticed, and spend quality time with God. It would be lovely. Quietly tiptoeing through...
View ArticleControlling What’s Out of Control
Pull yourself together! Where there’s a will, there’s a way! God doesn’t help those who don’t help themselves. Have you ever heard these Americanized phrases? Because they sound good, we figure they...
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