It’s Really Quite Easy I like a reading discipline and plan. In May I read a chapter of Proverbs each day along with a chapter of my book, 31 Days of Proverbs. Believe it or not reading my own work enlightens!!! I forget what I write and as I read along I think, “Wow that’s… [Read More]
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Five Minute Friday’s 31 Days 2021
31 Days October Our mom entered the gates of heaven on October 27, 2012 – for two years I floundered around not knowing how to be a girl without her mother. After all, I was 62 and she had been an integral part of my life – Saturday’s found me lost because in her older… [Read More]
5 Words That Can Change Your Life
Just 5 Words But He gives more grace. James 4.6a Last night I laid in bed thinking about what I’d blog about this week. As most know I haven’t been operating with a full tank! But I’m getting stronger and there is hope of healing on the horizon. My mind was buzzing with memories of… [Read More]
Worry Wart > Trusting Tower > Refuge of Rest Part 3
Read Part One here Read Part Two here The Rest of God Once you turn your worry into trust, then you enter into the rest of God. There is no better place for the believer to dwell than in HIS REST. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he/she who has… [Read More]
Worry Wart > Trusting Tower > Refuge of Rest Part 2
Read Part 1 here So, how do you switch from a worry wart to a trusting tower? The Word. The Word. The Word. The Word. The secret is in the Word. We must stay in it. We must meditate on it, and not the cares of this world – because those cares? Will choke out… [Read More]
Worry Wart > Trusting Tower > Refuge of Rest Part 1
Pray, taking authority over every possible distraction. When we first moved to North Carolina we attended a church in our immediate neighborhood – it was there that I made a commitment to the Lord that I was no longer going to live “on the fence.” By that, I mean, one foot in the world and… [Read More]
Unconditional …. Unconditional Trust
Unconditional love TRUST Trust in the Lord with all your heart – don’t lean on or depend on your own understanding; instead, acknowledge God in all your ways and He will direct your path [your every step]. Proverbs 3.5-6 (Susan translation) I have a very brave friend – we met through our writing and God… [Read More]
The Sweetness of Harvest
Last week a family member stood in our kitchen gazing at the word on our chalkboard. R E A P “Why do you have REAP on your chalkboard? It seems such a grim word.” I suppose her thoughts went to “grim reaper.” Anything but. You can read about my oneword2018 here and how the Lord… [Read More]