He has come and is coming – A devotional for Advent
Its' been on my heart to put a devotional together for Advent for some time. I toyed a bit with the idea last year. So, this year I got serious…
Relationships take time. What we put in is what we will get out of our relationships. Relationships also take effort from both parties. God is always ready to put in the effort; in fact, He already has put in the effort to have a relationship with us. He is waiting for us to respond to Him. Growing in relationship with God simply means putting in the effort to get to know Him.
Thousands of hours
I have spent thousands of hours journaling during my lifetime. It’s a discipline I learned many years ago. There are times when I journal more than others, but I rarely…
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No one likes a know-it-all
I used to live thinking that my future depended on my decisions alone. I had to do right, be right, think right, to make it to the finish line victoriously.…
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When the streams of life are muddy
Life is messy. Most of the time it's messy because of people, either ourselves or those around us have muddied the waters. So, I’ve been studying relationships (again) because from…
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Relationships, an important and essential part of life
What relationship do you consider to be the most important one in your life? Relationships are an important and essential part of life that we can’t do without. It’s been…
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Me, warts and all, this is who God chose
I loved working with our church's team in Malawi. I recently worked at a community health clinic in Malawi with a team of volunteers, mostly from the USA. (Sorry for…
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It won’t be long now
My husband and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary this past July. When we said, "I do," all those years ago, we didn't consider, or even understand, what would happen…
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Living in peace: how to face the twins of doubt and fear
"On the evening of that day, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, 'Peace…
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Push the envelope when you are feeling dusty
Do you "push the envelope?" Have you waited a bit longer to service your car than you should have or asked for an extension on a deadline? Or let dust…
Running into a pirate looking for buried treasure
Pirates. As a child, running into a pirate was one of my greatest fears. The movies portrayed them as fearful enemies who had no mercy on those who dared steal…