Pause, Rest and Reset
This week we took a pause from our regular life. We ended the school year and we were grateful. I do want to share one message that has been a constant in my life ‘be still and know that I am God’. This has been and still is one of my hardest instructions. It’s hard […]
I Am Still Confident of This…
Are you in a situation that you cannot see how it will end? You’ve been praying and asking God for directions and it seems you might have clarity, only for the door to be closed in front of you or not even be opened. Friends, take heart. I’ve had two conversations in the last 24 […]
Better Than We Can Ask
A few weeks ago, the security guard of my office building called me as I was walking by him. We’d chatted on a few occasions. He wore his Christianity boldly. He explained that his church was having a fundraiser and asked if I was willing to contribute a dollar or two. I looked in my […]
Six Years Later
This morning I sit in complete awe. As we were cleaning up, my daughter’s friend found a few of my original business cards that had fallen and asked me what to do with them. I opted to take them and look and reminisce. I had started a blog and I was sharing with a stranger […]
Blessings in Obedience
As I pondered what to write about, this title came to mind. It sounded vaguely familiar, so I went back and realized that I’d written with a similar title at the beginning of the year ‘Blessings of Obedience’. I wish I knew the specific thing that I needed to be obedient on that day – […]
Three Long Years
It’s been three very long years since I encountered driving anxiety. The irony of this situation is about six months prior, I was given an unusual task at work. I was asked to leave the office early and go pick up a package that was closer to my home. I remember being in the car, […]
Deep Gratitude… and Frustration
Those were the two headline words in my journal recently. When I journal at a time that I don’t normally, I typically write the time. I want to remember the thought process when I look back a few days or many years later. This one has a time stamp of 2:15am – which means I’d woken up […]
Stay In Peace
This week I was dealing with some stuff. Lots of different personalities and some more difficult than others. When Wednesday rolled around, and I was emotionally exhausted and tired of talking about the same situation that had been detracting time from other areas of my life, I decided to go on my church’s Wednesday...
Money, Flowers and Banana Bread
I love to pick my daughter up from school. I get to hear about her day (whatever tidbit she chooses to share as she’s growing so fast). Her school was having a plant sale for Mothers Day and she’d said she wanted to buy something for me. This would be her own money as I […]
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
I shared on my Facebook page about a beautiful plant I saw but as I approached it, it turned out to be fake. Somehow I felt so disappointed about it not being a real plant. As I further meditated on it, this plant resembles a Mum, which comes into full bloom in the fall. It […]