Category: Struggles
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Beautiful…
What defines beauty? What qualities deem one beautiful? Recently on FB, there is a game (for lack of a better term) going around. If you are tagged, you are asked to post five photo’s of yourself in which you feel beautiful. I have only seen a few people take on the challenge. Is that because…
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Our Father Who Are in Heaven…
Early this morning I sat on my patio amidst a spring/summer rain storm taking in the sights and sounds… wrapped in a blanket with a hot cup of coffee. Our birdhouse hung quiet and seemingly empty. After a time, Dad swooped in and landed on the birdhouse perch. For the past two weeks that would…
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Spring Rains…
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in Gifts, Grace, Healing, Hope, Prayers, Quiet Pleasures, Seasons, Struggles, The Journey, UncategorizedWe are teased with the spring sunshine and warmth. Then the rains come. Spring rains… it’s necessary for the earth to open up and grow and flourish. Without it life would not bloom and blossom. Life would wither and die. I longed for the sunshine this morning as I awoke after a restless night. Those first…
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Surprise!
Have you ever been heading down the road in one direction feeling fairly confident that you are on the right track, when suddenly your direction changes? Questions arise in your mind… Why? What now? Really? Life is funny that way. When I think I’ve got it all figured out and feel confident that I’m tuned…
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Everyday Miracles…
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Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the…
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So Why the Yellow Towel?
I took it from the rag pile. A small butter yellow bath hand towel. Faded from years of use and occasional bleaching. The edges were tattered. It would be perfect to wipe down the newly cleaned bathroom fixtures. I walked into the bathroom and laid the yellow towel on the counter. Suddenly the memories came…
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Too Much Information…
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Do you ever feel like you know too much? Overwhelmed with health and wellness advice? Hearing in the news what’s good for you and what’s not? Hear about the side effects of medication made to help you? Read about the latest and greatest way to eat? At this juncture in my life I feel overwhelmed…
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God’s Got This One…
I am a creature of habit. Everyday I take the same route to and from school. With several routes available, I stick to the same one. I do not notice detail. I can pass by the same object or place day in and day out and not notice some obvious detail. One late afternoon back…
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A Raging River…
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Do you ever wish you could rewind time and have a do-over in a conversation or meeting? Say something again with less emotion behind it? Not have the conversation at all? Take the high road instead of the rocky path you chose to walk on for that quick instance? … me too I learned a…
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Lion or Lamb
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First day of March and it’s cold cold cold! We are under the blanket of a Polar Vortex. Low temperatures and high winds which will bring below zero temperatures. Big snowfall coming in tomorrow! Then rain. It’s happening all over the country. March – in like a lion, out like a lamb. The month is…
Thoughts and Reflections on Life 