Life gets messy sometimes and so do relationships. It is a reality and it is a given. Right when we think all is going along so smoothly, then boom, a huge change happens and we all grapple with the wanting things to go back to normal. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS THERE IS A … More LIFE IS MESSY
We all need a cheerleader……..don’t you think? I have a friend like this. She lives far from me now but she is the one person I know that when I am down on myself, she always manages to say a profound thing to me that sticks with me and lifts my spirit. Recently she said … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
And this too……..is GOD’S mercy, HIS loving presence when we need it most. It is quiet and it is gentle. And I look for it now, in doctor’s offices and waiting rooms. Like you, I need peace of heart and mind. Because……my mind races with the “what ifs?” That is what a cancer diagnosis will … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
I’ve always kinda liked diagonals. When I learned back in geometry class that the shortest line between two points was a diagonal, I was hooked on the idea. To this day I still like and use the concept. I enjoy placing a piece of furniture on a diagonal in a corner. It just looks … More DIAGONALS
There are angels everywhere around us if we look carefully. I’m not talking about the kind of angels we read about in Revelation, but the human kind. Don’t doubt that there are many on this earth. There are those who walk among us that can make us see humanity in a special light. HEBREWS 1: … More ANGELS EVERYWHERE
My husband is going through a tough time. Something is going on with his kidneys and doctors haven’t gotten to the bottom of it. We went to emergency yesterday and they admitted him late afternoon. But in the midst of all this scary stuff, I could see GOD’S timing and HIS kindness. I dropped my … More GOD IS SO VERY KIND
Oh that I may know him…….let this be our hearts desire. PHILIPPIANS 3:10 “THAT I MAY KNOW HIM…….” Let us continually seek a relationship with JESUS. Because HE who died for us, is also alive in us! And so we trust HIM, because trusting HIM with all that we are is to know HIM, truly … More OH THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM!
How can we as the small humans we are, not gaze upon a sunrise or sunset and not see that it is all GOD’S authority that each day comes? HE allows each 24 hours that we get to live on this planet. I am strangely comforted in seeing the sun rise and always think: … More HIS AUTHORITY OVER ALL
I learned something today……..that there is a before and after in all things. For me, there was and is a before my cancer diagnosis and an after. As I sat today in the waiting room for my 6th month mammogram and ultrasound I realized that I was sitting in the same chair I sat in … More BEFORE AND AFTER
In all my distress and dealing with a cancer diagnosis………GOD has shown me what beautiful is. GOD MAKES BEAUTY OUT OF ASHES. Our lives can turn to ashes in a split second can’t they? Why do we walk so certain, only to be surprised when hard things happen to us? JOSHUA 1: 9 “DO NOT … More OUR DISTRESS MADE BEAUTIFUL
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