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“What are you doing?”, my husband asked. “Getting used to the water—it’s a bit nippy.”, I replied, referring to the swimming pool. I didn’t plunge in all at once right away because it was somewhat outside my comfort zone, which… Continue Reading →
“…Jesus stood up and said, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” Jn. 7:37-38 This past week I… Continue Reading →
“Hey, come look—the tree fell!”, I exclaimed to my husband. We knew that tree was mostly dead three years ago, but had left it up, because one part still produced leaves and it had become a favorite place for birds… Continue Reading →
Lk. 24:13-35 recounts the journey of two men on their way home from Jerusalem to Emmaus. For these guys, it had been a long, hard, weekend, watching their hope for rescue die with Jesus on the Cross. Time to pack… Continue Reading →
We have a tendency to blame God for the problems in our lives. As we exam the reasons for our difficulties, we may discover that we have a degree of culpability. Nahum, whose name means comfort or consolation, was a… Continue Reading →
Some time ago I made a “scientific” discovery: The rate of change and forward movement is directly related to the level of motivation. While this may not qualify as a law of physics, it does apply to human and animal… Continue Reading →
IT’S EASY TO STAY CALM WHEN YOU KNOW THE SHAKING WON’T HURT YOU! A few nights ago, I put all my bread ingredients in the bread-making machine, set the delay-timer to have it done in 13 hours, and went off… Continue Reading →
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Beginning is half done.” But how do you get yourself to begin when it seems so overwhelming? Thoughts like, “It’s way too much for me!”, or “I can never finish, so why even start?!”, come… Continue Reading →
Back in Girl-Scout days we used to sing a song that started with, “I know an old lady who swallowed a fly…” Doesn’t sound very pleasant, does it? But wait, it gets worse! It goes on to state, “I know… Continue Reading →
The best leaders are those who decide to decide– and do it! If leaders don’t decide, followers have nothing to follow, which means the leader will no longer be leading. Indecision is a decision. If we don’t keep going, turn… Continue Reading →
Have you ever heard the expression, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you”? Or, “Ignorance is bliss”? Whoever says that is either unaware of, or choosing to ignore, hidden destructive elements in life. Take carbon monoxide gas, for example—we can’t… Continue Reading →
What’s wrong with this picture? It’s both blurry and incomplete—as in, we can’t see everything and what we can see is unclear. Life can get that way sometimes—situations, events, long-term circumstances, relationships, and other “externals”. Then there’s the “internals”—our thinking,… Continue Reading →
If we want the right answers, we have to ask the right questions. Otherwise we’ll get the wrong answer, or at best, an answer to a question we don’t have! Last month, I was trying to figure out how to… Continue Reading →
Indecision is a decision. If we don’t keep going, turn left, turn right, or turn around– that means we’re staying stuck! Or someone ELSE will decide for us– which will be for THEIR best interests, not necessarily or often ours…. Continue Reading →
Do you ever talk to yourself? What do you say? How do you say it? Do you listen?👂 In the past, people who talked to themselves were sent to mental institutions. Now we have a socially, psychologically, accepted term for… Continue Reading →
