Calling All Intercessors!

This morning my heart is full of concern for those I know that are suffering from physical needs and there just doesn't seem to be an answer. When we are watching our loved ones suffer and can do nothing but encourage and try to empathize we can feel so helpless. That is when I am [...]

Facing Another Season

It says a lot about a person who can say goodbye to the past without any regret and look into the future not knowing what it holds. Every season of life brings with it doubt and fear and possibility and promise. We have to choose how we will face each one. Recently my Dad went [...]

Fear: A Healthy Motivator

Fear is a word that is talked a lot about these days.  Fear of guns, fear of men, fear of failure, fear for our families, fear of rejection, fear.......you fill in the blank.There was a time in my life when I was full of fear, and for a good reason.  At the age of 16 [...]

A Season of Stretching

Stretching is very, very important.  The older I get the tighter my muscles seem to get and sometimes I experience lower back and leg pain that reminds me I turned 60 this year.  BUT the more consistent I am in my stretching, the less pain I experience.  You'd think it would work just the opposite, [...]

Busy VS Not so Busy

Something I have noticed about human nature is that we have a hard time being content in the season of life we find ourselves.  In fact, we just find it hard to be content.  If our hair is curly we straighten it.  If we have skin that is too white we try to get a [...]

Embracing is a lot more fun than running.

 To Embrace simply means to: 1 hold (someone) closely in one's arms, as a sign of affection. (I totally enjoy either giving or receiving this meaning.)2 accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically: (Enthusiastically is the key word here.)3 include or contain (something) as a constituent part. (This meaning is kind of [...]

Why another blog?

Why blog?  I guess I have a desire to begin writing about some of the things I have learned over my lifetime.  I turned 60 this year and began to realize I actually might have something to share with others.  The other reason I want to write some of my thoughts is to record them for my [...]