Why Are You Carrying a Heavy Load When You Don’t Need to?
As my daughter closed a chapter of her last school day and elementary school in general, she started bringing home her stuff over the last few days. She emptied some of the stuff from her backpack but decided she didn’t need to fully empty it. She was taking the backpack to school, to add more […]
Solid Friendships
Facebook showed me a memory of five years ago, and it’s kinda hard to believe that it’s been that amount of time. It’s a flyer where I was to present to my friend’s church. They were hosting a series and while my friend was going to do most of the week, there was going to […]
A Father’s Love
I always knew my dad was a good dad, but I recently discovered just how amazing he is. I don’t often get to see a certain side of him, but I recently told him I wanted to tackle a project. Well, he was going to do the project and I was going to help. When […]
Use The Access You Have
I have a bit of an embarrassing story, but wanted to share anyway. As summer is approaching, the air conditioning in my car seemed to not work. This is not the first time, and the heat doesn’t really bother me, but it bothers my daughter and I also know I’ll likely be shuttling around friends […]
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
As I went about my day, this song started playing in my head. I can’t say I was thinking about it, or that I’d even recently heard it. It had been quite a few hours since I’d heard any music, but here was this song playing in my head. As I sat down, I realized […]
Two Are Better Than One
I recently bought a storage box that arrived and needed to be put together. I was actually excited about the prospect and looking forward to it as I’d read a review that someone took about twenty minutes. When mine arrived, I took it out to my deck and decided the easiest way to get it […]
Rest
My pastor has been focused on a message of ‘Rest’ for the month of May. It’s been refreshing to hear this kind of message preached from the pulpit or on a Wednesday night prayer meeting. Each time I hear the message, it causes me to ponder and think of my own set of instructions ‘Be still and […]
Go At Your Own Pace
Last week I shared about tackling a stretch of road that had terrified me for years. I had always driven along the route as a passenger and thought to myself, this might be more than I can handle – until I decided to stop letting fear have that much control over my life. After I […]
Being Courageous
I’ve had a long standing fear of driving in Jamaica. The first time I drove there, it was on tiny, hilly roads and I had a small fender bender. I told myself I didn’t need to drive there and stuck with that thought. That was over 20 years ago. Add in my driving anxiety from […]
When God Answers in Unexpected Ways
God cares about the things that you care about. Last week, my daughter had been begging me for something. Like begging. I told her no. She went so far as to pray that God would answer her prayer. I chuckled and thought – this is one prayer that God isn’t going to answer, because I’m […]