Category: Hope
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My Words for 2014…
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in Gifts, Grace, Healing, Hope, Humor, life happens…, Prayers, Questions to Ponder, Seasons, Struggles, The JourneyI promised myself that I would not make a list of resolutions for 2014. Each year I do it. Each year I’m disappointed in myself by mid or late January. This year I have been thinking about 2014 from a more global perspective. What is the “big picture” for my year? What do I want…
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A Clean Slate…
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Do you remember as a child getting a new coloring book and maybe even new crayons? The excitement when you opened that brand new book that had not one bit of coloring in it! It was all yours and you got to fill it with color and design! And doing that with new crayons made…
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Oh, What A Year!
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Oh what a year! Some good… some bad… some ugly… some beautiful! Here’s my take away from 2013… 1. The beginning of a new calendar year does not mean the tough things from the previous year are done and over. It’s truly just another day on the calendar. What changes is how I choose to…
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When The Fog Rolls In…
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Our journey as a Christ follower is never finished. We will be learning and growing until we take our last breath and graduate from this life into eternity. The older I get, the more excited about that I become. On our journey, we hit milestones of growth along the way, Today was one of those…
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The Gifts of Advent…
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Recently, I’ve been drawn into watching Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel. I know what you are thinking… please don’t judge me! Most of the movies portray Christmas in a very sweet, festive light…always with a happy ending. If you just watch one or two, it’s fine. If you watch more than that, you begin…
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A New Day…
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As I read back over my journal of the past few years, I came across a poem I wrote on May 9, 2012. What a sweet gentle reminder… With dawn comes a new day With a new day comes new worries With new worries comes a compounded list of new and old With a new…
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365 Days of Thanksgiving…
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We are fast approaching Thanksgiving and the end of November. This is the month we are “thankful.” Many of the devotionals I read lately have the underlying theme of thanksgiving woven through them. FB is full of people’s 30 Days of Thanksgiving. I began the 30 Day quest on November 1. I was on a…
Thoughts and Reflections on Life 