And If the Lord Asks You…
Linking with He Cares For You and others on my side board!
How The Imperfect Becomes Perfect
Divorce has a different effect on children than it does on adults. Being a daughter of divorce changes your world differently than being the parent that divorces. Part of your childhood is taken away from you. I am not a daughter of divorce, but, I have listened to...
Learning to Dancing In Wide-Open Spaces
One of my favorite times of day is when. Charlie (short for Charcoal) my black lab, and I go for a two-mile walk. For years we have taken the same route, past fields of geese feeding on tall grass, and ponds just begging a water dog to take a swim. ...
Lighting Up Your Weekend
You, Lord are my light in the darkness. You make my way clear. I do not fail if I fall, I fail if I do not rise and continue tofollow. Happy Weekend! Shabbat Shalom!
Sometimes, a Word Comes In The Night
“Go to sleep!” my cousin, who is fifteen years old, says to us, as she sticks her head around the corner of the door. She is around the kitchen table with the adult women, excited about being in on the “grown up” conversations. I am eight years old, and five of...
What “Perfectly Made” Looks Like
There are few things that bring greater joy in my life, than seeing a light go on in the heart of a woman struggling. When I say, Light going on, I talking about, that moment then it clicks, that they are not a failure – no matter how bad it has been. I...
This Is No Ordinary God!
On Fridays I love to participate with Lisa-Jo and her community of bloggers who practice the art of word-smithing! She give us a prompt and we write for Five Minutes. Today's prompt – Ordinary Ready? Start! Not ordinary. Extraordinary, Is my God – you...
How To Live In The Moment
I was in T.J. Max this afternoon, getting a new workout top, with the hope that it will motivate me to get up and exercise more often. As I shopped around the store – I kid you not, –I was surrounded by women on their cell phone. Surrounded, I tell you! Several of...
Seeking the Lord of Shabbat
Shabbat – the day of rest. Do you rest, or do you work as if it is another day. I have started trying to rest, really rest, on Sunday. But I struggle. No lists, or cooking, and no laundry, from sunset Saturday evening, until sunset Sunday evening. ...
Seeking the Light
This Weekend, through all of the snow and rain, may your light shine in the dark places. Seek the light, beginning, in the beginning.Linking with Sandra Heska King, and Deidra Riggs
Gifts from My Mother
It's Friday and You know what that means–Five Minute Friday with LisaJo Baker! Today's prompt, "What did Your Mama do that made her yours..." She lost her mother when she was only six months of age. She was the youngest of nine children growing up in...
When Marriage is like the Beach
Last Tuesday was our thirteenth Wedding Anniversary. Doc took me to the beach where it was cold and rainy, reminding me of our first beach trip many years ago. Sitting on the balcony reading, watching the rain crossing ocean. And the waves, tossed high in the...
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