Grain, Pain, and Smiling in the Rain

 Prayer I have not written a word for what seems like a very long time. Bleary days of foggy brain have kept my mind distracted and my finge...

Night Life  Lights  Excitement  Energy  Beauty  Monuments  Concerts  Baseball  Lost Souls aplenty  Broken  Runaways  Power  Money  Crime  Ha...

 A little late to the table. I am going to try and sneak this in. Yesterday was a day full of lessons. Even tho I prayed for a successful fo...

 I tend to live a bit of a hermit’s life.  It can be cozy, but also quite lonely. Not much accountability either. My personal and spiritual ...

 Recently I was faced with a significant decisions. My fourteen year old grandson needed some extra support academically. He is functional a...

Joshua 1:9.  Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with...

 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...