It’s that time of year I get pensive, inward, quiet, reflective, meditative, and a bit disgruntled… Years ago this was my favorite week of the year – my happy birthday week – but when the five’s became sixes I didn’t like it so much! My friend, the man I work for, and I were talking… [Read More]
Psalms
Quietude: September 24th 2017
The Lord will give increase to you and your children. Praying for our children in Autumn The Season of Change is Upon Us! Prayer changes things because prayer changes us. Psalm 115.13-14 xo The quiet hour of prayer is one of the most favorable opportunities He has in which to speak to us seriously. In… [Read More]
Quietude: September 17th, 2017
Your children and grandchildren will be established before the Lord. Praying for our children in Autumn The season of change is upon us. Prayer changes things because prayer changes us! Psalm 102.28 The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence. (NLT) xo The quiet hour of… [Read More]
quietude: september 25 2016
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46.10 There’s a lot of going-on going on, isn’t there? Cities in rage. Friends with health issues. Drought. Wars and rumors of. Political frustration. Work stress. Gas Shortages. Chronic conditions plaguing loved ones…. [Read More]
quietude: september 4, 2016
Two of my kids are a little obsessed with beach-combing. They love the search and just went on an Epic Shell Hunt on a 9-acre shoal in the Gulf of Mexico with a Tropical Storm surrounding them. OCD? Maybe a bit! They didn’t have any fear about getting on that skiff and riding 45-minutes into… [Read More]
quietude: may 15 2016
Pretty amazing, isn’t it? When we humble ourselves before a righteous God, and confess our sins and turn away from those sinful ways – He takes them and casts them to the wind never to hold us in judgment for them. That’s a pretty amazing God. Wouldn’t you say? Are your sins “gone with the… [Read More]
quietude: mother’s day 2016
Today is the day we honor Motherhood. I am blessed to be a Mom and Mimz’ to five awesome human beings and several beings from other Mothers! Motherhood has brought me the most joy and the most pain in my lifetime. To say there hasn’t been any pain would be a lie – there has… [Read More]
shepherds with pens
shepherd: noun 1. a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep. 2. a person who protects, guides, or watches over a person or group of people. 3. a member of the clergy. 4. the Shepherd, Jesus Christ. If you’ve been reading any of my words of late, you know I’m over the moon thrilled with The Message translation – this… [Read More]