Grain, Pain, and Smiling in the Rain

 Sigh* Yes, order. So I have spent the last half an hour searching for a verse I know is either in Proverbs or Psalms; or somewhere in the B...

 Psalm 74:17   You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth;  you have made summer and winter. Seasons.  Spring and fall  Summer and winte...

 Coming from an extremely Orthodox Church background growing up; we were taught fervently that we deserve nothing. We were completely void o...

Today I have been given the gift of quiet, making quiet a most appropriate a prompt. Last evening and  most of today I am alone in one of my...

  Disagree       I believe the person I disagree with the most; is myself. My mind plays a constant battle with the question, “what should I...

   Proverbs 13:11,  ESV : "Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it."   Slowly wo...

 Recover   Every day we are hit with a barrage of stress, some lighter. Some heavier. Stress and life's hard stuff cannot be compared. C...

 I am a writer. That doesn’t mean I write. Regularly. I know that God has gifted me with the ability to string words and phrases together in...

                                             Middle   Today we live in turbulent times. The media offers us more questions than answers. Soc...

Brio In the last few days i have learned a powerful lesson from my mare. A mare is a she in the equine world. It has been said that you tell...

 My Husband believes the solution to all minor injuries in Iodine. I do not remember being covered with the ugly red blotches, but do rememb...

       “This is the song that never ends. It just goes on and on, my friend.Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was.And they...

    Broken  "If it ain't broke, it ain't ours!" One of my husband's frequent quips, he has quite the repertoire. He is...

 Permission        By default our lives are constructed in such a way that as adults we know we are not our own. First to Christ. Our famili...

 Avoiding self inflicted pressure to do more and be more is a new project of mine. I came to realize that my plate was overflowing, spilling...

Ephesians 4:2 [2] with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, Jesus tells us we are to treat others, ...

When I got to the place where my recliner and my pillow were my best and only friends, at least in my own  muddled, scrambled gray matter. C...

    Right now at this moment I’m savoring the amazing gift the Lord has given me. Sitting relaxing in one of my favorite places. My heart @n...

 Redeemed   “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten..." Joel 2:25 Above is one of my favorite verses. T...

  Hmm. What is possible Saturday night, I am getting better. I should have written something last night, but instead I found myself entrench...