Oops!

Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established.  Proverbs 4:26 (HCSB) There was no reason to think last Tuesday would be any different from the day I had planned. Christmas was just around the corner and the month had been filled with...

Joy

They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. Isaiah 35:10 (NIV) As I was getting dressed this morning, I heard an interview on Good Morning America about how to...

Bless the Lord

As for me, I will always have hope;     I will praise you more and more. Psalm 71:14 (NIV) I love our church’s Thanksgiving service. We have a tradition of singing the praise song, 10,000 Reasons. It always stirs me as I reflect over the events of this past year...

Coming Soon

 He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20 (NLT) I look forward each Fall and Winter to women’s Bible studies at our church. The past few weeks we’ve been studying Catherine...

One Little Critter

Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. I Peter 5:8-9 (NLT) I like my car but I know nothing about the workings of the engine and...

Good News

Because of God and His sovereignty in our lives:  We have a glorious past! – But don’t get stuck there. We have a glorious present! – But don’t think this is it…there is still more to come. We have a glorious future! The search for...

Lean In

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NLT)   Spending time with the grandgirlies is always a treat and this...

Hope

 “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (HCSB) The month of September started with a bang. Mark had his second total knee replacement. The first one was such a challenge that it took him seven years before he...

The Cup

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.James 1:17 (NIV)   We live out in the boonies and as a result, I do a lot of online ordering, often using catalogs to find...

Liquid Love

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. Lamentation 3:22 (NIV)  U r the best!!!!!! Thnx nana!!!!! Ur the best!!!!!! My sweet Kate sent me these love lines this week. Nothing warms this Nana’s heart more than...