It’s Much Too Easy to Assume
I married into a retail merchant processing business that takes my husband, and sometimes me, to various types of merchants. Beauty and nail salons, dental and doctor offices, accounting offices, car...
View ArticleWounds of a True Friend
My friend Karen and I are “scrounging” friends, as she calls it. We both enjoy going to second-hand stores in search of treasures. I often smile inwardly when I get a compliment on something I bought...
View ArticleThe University of Higher Learning
Off and on I have shared with you a few of the hardships I have experienced the last 3 years. The death of my son. Then immediately after his death I needed more emotional support than ever, but...
View ArticleIt’s From the Pile of Ashes that Diamond Dust Sparkles Best
Dear Sweet Girl, There’s so much I wish someone had been there to tell you when you were a small child, and in your teens. Since no one seemed to care much what went on in your life then, I decided …...
View ArticleStunted Faith
Yesterday I wrote God’s Delay on Answering Prayers is no Delay , and discussed that when we pray mightily over something we want, and God seems to be procrastinating on the answers to those prayers, it...
View ArticleGod’s Laws, Fence or Guardrail?
We tend to believe God’s commandments exist to restrict joy out of our life but in reality they exist to keep joy in our lives by restricting heartbreak and tragedy. I wish I’d known and understood...
View ArticleMother’s Day, Not So Happy for Everyone
Mother’s Day has circled the calendar once more, and while for some it is a joyful-mom-honoring day, for others it’s another hurtful reminder of what they don’t have. I’m told that Mother’s Day is the...
View ArticleBe the First to Smile!
A few days ago I stopped at Fred Meyer’s, my favorite grocery store. It was so crowded some of the aisles were impenetrable. People were rushing their carts about everywhere I looked. It took an awful...
View ArticleWeighty Luggage
When our lifetime of baggage becomes heavy clutter, it’s time to take inventory of what to keep, what to give away, and what to discard. What to keep: All things that fill us and feed us with Jesus and...
View ArticleIf Only Love Was Treated as the Great Commandment It Is.
Happy Valentine’s Day Friends! I wanted to share a beautiful story that has gone viral on Facebook because this story exemplifies the true meaning of what it means to LOVE. Indeed, everything in life...
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