We've all experienced times when we try to help someone and they close the doors on our efforts. Maybe we only wish to encourage them, but they take it wrong. Maybe they are in need of gentle correction, but they cut us off. Maybe all we want to do is help them weed...
It's quiz time folks! Name the tallest mountain peak in the World. A no brainer really, for some folks (including yours truly, till recently)...pat would come the response from them...Mount Everest! No, that's not the right answer. Pat yourself on your back if your...
The other night, close to midnight, I woke up suddenly and poked hubby. “What was that? I heard a loud noise outside the patio door.” Being the hero that he is, he got up from a sound sleep. He opened the patio door to find a squirrel splattered on the pool deck. He...
Have you ever been happy with yourself, totally satisfied? I felt that way a few weeks ago when I re-wrote the first chapter of the novel I had just completed. The story, engaging and the characters, sassy and insightful. The end product was, well, a masterpiece...
How can a heart so broken and crippled by shattered dreams and the death of trust love again? When from the innermost chambers of soul and spirit pours forth rage and fear, powerlessness and ambivalence; how can Your light shine? How can the Sun shine again when to me...
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Isaiah 41:10) It's no doubt true that most people are facing a giant of some sort each day. You may have...
I have the world's sweetest little great niece and nephews. At ages 8, 6, and 3, they have already learned so much about compassion. Throughout my recent battle with breast cancer, these little ones have been there, every step of the way, praying for me, and making me...
Don't be a doubting Thomas, Just like the Good Book said. Trust in the one, God's only Son; The One who raised the dead.Just have faith and confidence. Trust God in all you do Because the miracles He performed, back then, Will still work for me and you.Though your...
O' Lord, my hope is in thee. My heart seeks Your compassion. My soul crieth out to thee, all the day long. O' Lord, my hope is in thee. O' Lord, my bones are weary. My eyes burn with tears while I wait upon thee. My lips have nothing but sweet praises for thee. O'...
I have a God can, so easy to do. It used to hold coffee, and when it was through, I use it to hold my petitions and such, To a God I hold dear who loves me so much! When I have a problem, I write it and say, Dear Lord, it is your will and not mine today. I fold...