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Spring, where are you?
Did you wake up this morning, looked outside, and thought wow! “Welcome spring! Um – where is it? It must be in the heavenlies because I don’t see it in my yard.” How about you? Are you waiting for...
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Pathway to Peace
I’m working on a pathway to peace. I wish I could say it’s already perfected, but it is not. If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s this. Today is all I’ve got; tomorrow is the result of how I live...
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BackTrack to OnTrack
“You, Lord God, will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3 I couple weeks ago, I posted an acronym I use to remind me that what I want in my...
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100
Happy 100! As I was writing the entry for my Joy Jar today, I realized – Today is the 100th day of 2014. One hundred! January 1st rolled in 100 days ago. 2014 has 100 days of history already. Did you...
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26.2 or 0.1
I was walking through a parking lot yesterday and there on the bumper of a car was a familiar white oval shaped sticker imprinted with the number 0.1. For a split second my mind tried to associate that...
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The 11th commandment
Have you ever considered that we have instant heart attacks, instant strokes, and in an instant we can break a bone or have an accident? But rarely do we have instant happiness. Have you ever...
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The Whole of Me
Sometime ago, I was shopping the used book table at our library and picked up a book on CD by Barbara Bush which I think is titled Reflections. I was attracted to the topic because it promised to be a...
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The Promise
Whoa! Has anyone else noticed the extreme number of last minute offers flooding your inbox? Many of them appeal to my sense of pride an ambition promising that if I sign up with them, all my plans will...
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Hidden Faith
I had to stop singing. We were in the middle of a song at church, music resonating from the worship band, the words projected on the screen flashed through my mind. “The riches of your love will always...
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Be at peace, Wounded Warrior
Are you a fixer? When something goes wrong, do you rush to scheme and devise a plan to fix it? I’m a middle child. I don’t know if birth order has anything to do with it, but I’m a fixer. I want...
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Plant the R
I listened as two young women talked in line ahead of me at the local Shell station. I think the topic was homework and part-time jobs; I’m sure they weren’t talking about the Friday night football...
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The Fire and the Masterpiece
Awhile back I watched the Day of Discovery program produced by RBC Ministries. I was intrigued by the familiar topic of the potter and the clay. Isaiah 64:8 says ”Yet Lord, You are our Father; we are...
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United in Mind and Thought
I’m not sure why, but I can’t enter a Christmas season without celebrating the Peanuts gang and Charlie Brown! I learned a life lesson from a cartoon awhile back – remember Lucy and Linus? Let’s...
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Getting there, when you’re still over here
I was a young stay at home mom when I first learned that the first and most important step in any endeavor is just show up. It was when my emotions were embedded in stubborn and my will staunchly...
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Encourage or Inspire?
OK everybody up! Rise and shine! Good Morning ♪♫•*¨ To You ¸•♫¸.•.¸ Have you ever thought about our English language and wondered why we have so many words that mean the same thing but sometimes aren’t...
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Advent Week 4 Theme: Peace – When do we get to the Christmas story?
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! If we were Mary and Joseph we would be traveling today. Maybe you’re traveling. If you are, travel safely and whatever awaits you at your destination, I hope you find peace...
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My Blog with the most views in 2014 – Divide and Conquer
I just mentioned that I had no idea how to find stats on my blog and a report appeared in my email. Its a mystery to go with this other mystery. Like why this blog had the most views in 2014. Maybe you...
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Doubt
When I was a little kid, I hated to hear my mom say “I doubt it”. That always meant I wasn’t going to get something I wanted. As I contemplated the passing week, I realized, I’m still not a fan of...
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De-stressing
An article, by Hallie Levine Sklar, in the March 2013 Issue of Health Magazine discusses strategies to “Pump Up Your Immune System”. All good advice with tips on diet, exercise, and vitamins with the...
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The blueprint, the materials, the right tools – what could possibly go wrong?
Once there were two friends, both of them master carpenters. One was from Canada, the other from Michigan. They teamed up in Michigan to build an armoire to hold all the treasures of the carpenter...
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