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Drop The Keys and Leave The Ring

March 28, 2022 by admin 22 Comments

Matthew, The Tax Collector As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him. Matthew 9.9 Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. 14 As He… [Read More]

Filed Under: Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: Bible, follow me, grace, Jesus Christ, Matthew, New Testament, tax collector

Grace

January 11, 2022 by admin 16 Comments

Word of the Year Do you participate in a word of the year? Do you select it or do you let a word pick you! I am of the latter discipline. It’s a Holy Spirit thing. It is usual for a word or principle to start showing up in my readings around December 1. I… [Read More]

Filed Under: Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: 2022, Bible, choose, faith, grace, hope, one word, oneword

Five Minute Friday – Important

January 7, 2022 by admin 23 Comments

Kate said important. The very first word of a new year. Important – and it is an important word. This morning when I opened my email and saw Kate’s choice I knew exactly where I would take my writing. It Is Important My writing life is very important to me. I have known I was… [Read More]

Filed Under: Five Minute Friday, Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: challenge, essay, five minute friday, five minutes, important, Kate Motaung, one word, writing life

A Look Back at 2021

December 29, 2021 by admin 16 Comments

Looking Back I’m going to deviate from the normal quarterly report and look back at the entire year. I’m already late to this week’s blog writing, thus, I’m sabotaging the normal. What A Year I believe we all walked into 2021 with great hope of a reg’ler 365 day turn around the sun – yet… [Read More]

Filed Under: Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: 2021, Abortion, family, future, happenings, hope, looking back, past, sorrow, success, trials

A Very Blessed Christmas Day

December 21, 2021 by admin 2 Comments

Wishing all of you a blessed and peaceful Christmas Holiday. See you next week with my 4th Q Quarterly Report! Steadfast in Hope, Sus’

Filed Under: Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: Christmas, holiday, Holy, hope, Jesus, Vacation

Five Minute Friday – Announce!

December 17, 2021 by admin 22 Comments

Kate said announce God chose the less than, the smelly and impoverished, shepherds to make the announcement that Messiah had been born. I love that about our God – He never looks at title or rank. He looks for the willing. My Announcement Kate’s word prompt is perfect today! I have an announcement too. On… [Read More]

Filed Under: Five Minute Friday, Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: Abortion, announce, challenge, essay, five minute friday, five minutes, free write, Kate Motaung, one word

Peace

December 14, 2021 by admin 17 Comments

The Power of Peace Raise your hand if you watched “Christmas with The Chosen.” Hands going up all over cyberspace! Was it not wonderful? We saw it in the theater and then we watched it again this past Sunday. I especially liked the Names of God segments. Lara Silva, the actress who plays Eden in… [Read More]

Filed Under: Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: Abortion, faith, hope, Joy, peace, peaceful, Prophecies, prophets, redemption, salvation, shalom, The Chosen

Five Minute Friday – Behold!

December 10, 2021 by admin 14 Comments

Kate said behold! ‘Tis the Season to Behold Him! Fa La La La La La La La La! Behold! You will be mute and unable to speak! Behold! You will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.  Behold! The maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to… [Read More]

Filed Under: Five Minute Friday, Heart, Home, Hope Tagged With: Abortion, Behold, challenge, Elizabeth, essay, five minute friday, five minutes, Jesus, Joseph, just write, Kate Motaung, Mary, Nativity, one word, Zacharias

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This may come as a SHOCK to you, but I love to do This may come as a SHOCK to you, but I love to do laundry. 
When I'd visit my daughter's busy home, she'd be up to her eyebrows in laundry and would gladly turn the task over to me! I'd joyfully sort, fold, hang, and stack clothes in appropriate piles for an easy distribution. It was a gift well-received!
Allow me to share a story and my SHOCK when it happened:
As a single mom to three under 13 , I was never without a pile of dirty clothing. My job outside the home was full-time and demanded a lot of attention.  So did our closets and drawers! 
Imagine my SHOCK one early evening, as I whipped up supper for my hungry crew and looked and saw Lowell walk down the hall with a huge basket filled with perfectly folded clean laundry and a cache of items on hangars over his arm!
SHOCKED, I followed him into the bedroom, where he began making piles for the kids to collect and put away.
With a SHOCKED voice I exclaimed, "What on earth?" 
After I left for work that morning, he had collected all the hampers, loaded them in the car, and brought them to the little German lady at the corner laundromat who did laundry by the pound. 
It was the greatest of gifts. Perfectly folded stacks of underwear, tees, and socks. He had that done for me for about a year. The great SHOCK is I learned to love doing the laundry. It was almost a daily gift I could give my family in the most tangible of ways!
Have you ever been pleasantly SHOCKED by something really good?
In the past 3 years, we've had to do some learning In the past 3 years, we've had to do some learning! We've had to EASE into new normals in our personal lives.
2019 The first "EASING" we moved into a tiny house. We did an ultimate downsizing. I shred 300 lbs of paper. I donated boxes and boxes of books. Family heirlooms were given to family members while we were still alive. Shoes had to be "paired" down.we kept only the tchotskies we loved. It was a much-wanted EASING.
The second was a summer of failing health, which ended with a diagnosis.  Congestive Heart Failure, or CHF. 36 hours from sure death, a cardio team rescued me. A couple of meds and I'm good to go! That EASING INTO brought a dear new friend,  a humbling, and a slight fear of being *unfinished!*
The third EASING was retirement from a 44-year span of various careers. I've had some good ones, some not so good, and a few phenomenal ones. Why, I've even worked for a USA President! I loved my different jobs, and it was always my desire to work from home and make an equitable living. I was granted that privilege in 2005, and that position took me to retirement in Dec 2021! Retirement has been a daily practice of EASING INTO. And, I'm getting quite good at it!
God has brought a lovely, peaceful EASE into our lives, and we are over the moon grateful.
Have you ever had to do an EASING INTO? Do tell!
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What exactly are my BELIEFS? I believe in God the What exactly are my BELIEFS? 
I believe in God the Father.
I believe in Jesus Christ. 
I believe in Holy Spirit. It is Them who give me life.
My BELIEFS are deeply planted in a very strong foundation of Biblical proportion! My sister and I,  the only children born to Terry and Hal, are true baby boomers! Our dad served in "the war to end all wars" WW2. We went to church. We said our prayers. We memorized Bible scriptures. We sang choruses and hymns. We believed.
Yet, my BELIEFS became personal later in life. I realized He is the only Way, the only Truth, and the only Source of Life - real forever life. 
My BELIEFS became the very essence of my life. 
I will never regret this decision.  I will never stop testifying of God's Grace and Mercy. 
My BELIEFS are grounded and sure.
Are yours?
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Our tiny home of SAFETY. We've lived here 3 years, Our tiny home of SAFETY. We've lived here 3 years, and it truly has offered us sanctuary. Our children and grandchildren all live a distance from us, but we never really feel far from them. We nurture our relationships.
There have been many instances in our/my life that SAFETY seemed a foreign comfort. 
A time when I would keep a track on replay in my cars sound system. The song? You Are My Hiding Place by Selah. I also had the scripture from Psalms on a sticky note on my dash. The words gave my mother's soul great SAFETY and comfort. 
That season ended with good results after a very hard and long road. Once again, my heavenly Father wrapped me in the SAFETY of His presence.
We all have suffered angst of soul, and it is a hard, hard road. What brings you safety during the difficult times?
You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32.7
This is an aerial shot of our tiny house COMMUNITY This is an aerial shot of our tiny house COMMUNITY. We downsized in 2019 into a 399 square feet tiny home. It's the best decision for us in this season of our life. We're in "late autumn" if you recall my post from the other day!
Our COMMUNITY consists of 12 tiny houses, two of which are Airbnb's. There are young people, old people, single people, married people, retired people, and working people. We are a diverse COMMUNITY.
Diverse faiths, diverse politics, diverse hobbies, and interests. But the one common thing is that we all look out for one another.
That's what good, caring communities do. In a fashion we are family and we care about each other's welfare.
I've made a pot of chicken soup for one couple. I went out each day for a milkshake  for one with strept throat. I left a care bag of covid aids at another. 
COMMUNITY. I want to be a good participant in ours, in our actual family, and with my online people. 
Do you actively participate with your COMMUNITY regardless of type?
"How good and pleasant it is for communities to dwell in peace."
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The sun is definitely doing its seasonal shift wor The sun is definitely doing its seasonal shift work! But, I'll take sunshine at any angle! 🌞 ☀️ 🌤  #fromfarm2flattotinyhouse #saturyayvibes #tinyhouseliving
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