What Will We Choose on Thanksgiving Day?

We can choose to be sad or choose to be glad. By expressing thanks for the blessings we’ve had, Our joy will increase and we’ll conquer disease; Infections weaken when we have inner peace. Even in solitude, we can pursue gratitude, It’s a healthy, life-giving attitude. If we are still breathing, that’s the place to […]

Why do I hide when I could abide?

Hide is a common word. Abide is an uncommon one. They sound similar. They are opposites To hide is to disconnect. To abide is to connect. To hide is to lose hope and strength. To abide is to receive hope and power. I can hide from God Or I can abide with him. Hiding leads […]

Prayer

What a marvelous gift! Unexplainble mystery. God speaks to me. I speak to him. I hear him. He hears me. Honesty. Oh what honesty I must have when I come to him. He sees me as I am. In ways I cannot comprehend, He is able to access my deepest heart. I used to be […]

Memorial Day Tears and Smiles

I have not seen my sister’s grave, Though via Zoom I saw the place   My heart still weeps in unbelief A twin cannot be replaced.   I want to sing with her again Enter into heaven’s space   I know I will in future time God’s promise cannot be erased   That hope causes […]

Capture thoughts that make you anxious

What do you focus on when you feel anxious? Your pounding heart? Your tight throat? Your racing thoughts? I’ve done that and anxiety escalates. Several times, I’ve ended up in the ER. Gradually, I’ve learned anxiety doesn’t need to control my life. I can control it. The following story is an example. For many years, […]

True Freedom

Have you ever accomplished something good and felt embarrassed about it, even though others around you thought you did great and congratulated you? That’s what recently happened to me. My pastor, Jim Holt, invited me to talk with him about my book, Songs of Joy in the Valley of Tears. He planned on 30 minutes […]

Strength to Hang on a Little Longer

On April 1, 2020, I wrote in my diary that social distancing and other restrictions to prevent the pandemic from spreading would be extended for 30 days. Along with most people, I never imagined the massive spread of disease and loss of life that would occur in the year ahead. In the eyes, speech, and […]

Finding the Grace to Grieve

“Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17 NLT The pandemic which began in 2020 resulted in unimaginable and unexpected grief for the entire world. If you are one of the many […]

What did Christmas mean for Jesus?

“Though he was God,     he did not think of equality with God     as something to cling to.  Instead, he gave up his divine privileges.” –Philippians 2:6-7 (NLT)     What Did Christmas Mean for Jesus? No words of mine are adequate To describe what it must have meant   For the God of this universe […]

A REASON TO HOPE

The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world.     Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring,     with plants springing up everywhere. Isaiah 61:11 (NLT) HOPE   While death is spreading through the earth, God is working in ways unseen. Peace and righteousness will spring forth. Evil […]