Bitterness comes easy. We live in a world where a positive outlook is hard to maintain. So quickly we fluctuate between feeling full and blessed to feeling empty and dejected. I was thinking about someone’s bitterness recently and how I wished they’d let it go – not because it was outwardly offending me but because … [Read more…]
Happy Sunday! Today, I’m going to share the communion meditiation I prepared for my chuch service last week… 1 Corinthians 10:16 “Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?” When … [Read more…]
Hello, sweet friends! I do hope, with all my heart, you are enjoying this weekend and spending blessed time with family and friends. I hope your hearts are warm at the thought of how much you are loved and your souls are lighter remembering God is ever-present in the times you share with others but also in … [Read more…]
Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving!! What a blessed holiday…a day to remember all we’ve been given…a day for gratitude. I really really like Thanksgiving and look forward to celebrating it – as well the start of the Christmas season – these next few days. I love this time with family and friends and I love that … [Read more…]
We’ve been talking a lot lately about receiving. Because “receiving” and “grace” go hand-in-hand. Receiving means we’re operating from a place of faith and rest and we’ve ceased trying to figure it all out on our own. Rather, we’ve submitted to the God of grace who is more than capable of leading and loving us … [Read more…]
There are people in our world content to believe we’ve evolved from monkeys. I don’t say this in a condemning way…we’re all sorting through thoughts. But I do speak it with a perplexed tone and a wrinkled forehead, both representing my inability to grasp how that belief is more settling than that of an intelligent Creator. I guess … [Read more…]
Hello Friends, Thank you for keeping up with my posts and passing them along to others. I am again blessed by your support and beautifully encouraging comments! We continue to live in challenging times. The news is frightening. France declares war on ISIS. And we continue to wonder who has slipped into our country, legally … [Read more…]
Hello dear readers, I’ve been shying away from writing this week in the face of a lot of grief and pain circling about my small part of the world. Many people around me are suffering and I haven’t felt strong enough to stand in the gap for them with words. Words can sometimes feel like just … [Read more…]
I took a walk the evening before last. It was rather chilly but so beautiful out. The sky was clear and the stars were bright. Part of my reason for walking was because I hadn’t been feeling well pretty much all day. Well, more like all week. I was hoping a long, quickly paced walk … [Read more…]
Hello again, friends! I took about a week off after the challenge but I’m back and ready to take on a new challenge which I’m excited to tell you about! First of all, to those who have been asking and wondering… The write31days.com challenge was wonderfully succesful! It was, however, a challenge and not a … [Read more…]