Tag: God
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Save the Journals or Burn Them…?
Although New Year’s Day is often a day to toss out the “old”, the January 1st purging of my home office was not planned. I just happened to smell a fire brewing outside and discovered my husband burning some Christmas wrap and nonsense snail mail. I was sitting in…
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Gratitude – For All Things New
New beginnings… Resolutions… Fresh journals with white, crisp pages waiting to be written on… A stack of unread books ready to fill cold, winter nights… January is a chance for a clean start… I am grateful that His mercies are new each day! Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin…
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Gratitude
“Let us thank God for his priceless gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15 GNT
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Do We Really “Need” It? A Former Student Says NO.
A student from a few years ago just came to mind as I began to notice how many people around me were saying what they “needed” for Christmas. “I really need black boots because all my other pairs are brown…I need a TV for the bathroom…”? Then, I noticed I…
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Gratitude
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 He remains the same. Me? Well…this happened about a week ago: The morning: I was driving in heart-felt praise singing along to What a Beautiful Name. I was in tears. Connected to our God. Thankful. Happy. Resolved to…
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The Glory of Nature by C.S. Lewis
“Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word glory a meaning for me. I still do not know where else I could have found one.” C.S. Lewis Photos: mine
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Gratitude – by Abe Lincoln
“You must kneel to God only and thank Him…” Abraham Lincoln
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Choosing to Be a Hummingbird, Not a Vulture
Yesterday, our pastor reminded us of the hummingbird and vulture comparison. As a new week begins, I’m flying over what is past, old, dead and ugly (representing the vulture). I choose to seek out what is sweet, thriving, alive and beautiful (representing the hummingbird). “You will find what you’re looking…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 