by Gerry Blumberg | Aug 4, 2006 | Flashlight
I encourage you to pick up a copy of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers for your personal study. Around since 1935 but updated in 1992, this devotional constantly challenges me with either new teaching or rethinking of long held beliefs. I have been mulling...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 31, 2006 | Flashlight
James 1:5 (NLT) If you need wisdom–if you want to know what God wants you to do–ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking. God is very specific in his instructions to us. However, I am the one that blows it by fretting and trying...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 28, 2006 | Flashlight
Go with the flow, don’t make waves, and just let it go, no big deal – sound familiar? Maybe you have even said or thought it yourself occasionally. It is easier to follow the crowd to make a problem disappear than to take the lonely hard position. However, character...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 26, 2006 | Flashlight
Did I mention that moving is exhausting!? After a particularly grueling effort of packing, loading and driving to LA, arriving at 1 AM, the last thing I wanted to do was get in the car and drive another 9 hours to Arizona. But after dawdling as long as we could at my...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 23, 2006 | Flashlight
One thing often leads to another when you are doing a google search on the Internet. I was looking for a particular quote on the subject of “character” and in the process found many more and it started me thinking. The one I was looking for is, “One...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 16, 2006 | Flashlight
We are living in dangerous times. 9/11 brought to the attention of Americans how vulnerable we are against terrorists. Now I turn on the TV and see pictures of the devastation in the Middle East. The age-old disputes in that region have erupted in fighting,...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 12, 2006 | Flashlight
With the house coming together, the extreme fatigue has lessened and I finally had time to sit down and read a magazine last night. After the last two weeks, the title of the first article caught my attention, ” The Rewards of Relaxation,” by Margaret...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 8, 2006 | Flashlight
It has been one of those weeks – even though it was a short one. A new house is never completely done when you move in. We had workers swarming through our home each day fixing, adjusting, repairing, replacing, or just inspecting. At one time on Friday, four...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jul 4, 2006 | Flashlight
Each family celebrates different holidays during the course of the year but in our house, the 4th rates right up there with Christmas. I love the festivities – from hometown parades with flags waving by young and old to yummy backyard barbeques with family and...
by Gerry Blumberg | Jun 29, 2006 | Flashlight
It has been a very long week. I woke up this morning feeling like Gloomy Gussie (Mark’s affectionate name for me.) As overwhelmed as I feel, I have a new respect and admiration for military families that move often because it requires such strength, endurance,...
