While packing for an upcoming trip to Florida, I was busily scanning my book collection. My husband would be attending a conference, but I was to be blessed with “free time.” Hoping to experience a mini retreat by way of study and reflection, I prepared by inspecting book after book. Yet, my attention was drawn … Continue reading A Christmas Consideration
Blooming Insights
Listen to my podcast: A Big Thing to be thankful for
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Snow, Fire & Hail
Visiting our son and his family has brought a growing amount of trepidation. While we love spending time with our oldest and his lovely wife as well as our beautiful granddaughters, for the last 3 trips to Colorado, the adventure has been over the top. Three trips ago, an evacuation for their subdivision was encouraged … Continue reading Snow, Fire & Hail
Abiding, Part 2
With children going back to school, parents may have some concerns. Will their child’s teacher be patient, caring, and honest? Will the teacher be wise in assessing the true gift of their child? Will truth be the loudest voice in the classroom? As a mother and grandmother, I understand these concerns. And even as a … Continue reading Abiding, Part 2
No Deadheads Here!
For this reason it says,“Awake, sleeper,And arise from the dead,And Christ will shine on you.” Ephesians 5:14 Did I even sleep? One things for sure, flying this early and lack of sleep sure can create cranky behavior! I certainly was feeling cranky as I rose at 2:15 AM. So after my first cranky words escaped from … Continue reading No Deadheads Here!
Abiding
In 2018, I added a small Lady Banks Rose Bush to my garden with the hopes of seeing it, one day, cover the top of my fence! Through the years since, I have cut off new shoots that seemed to be going nowhere and trained others to grow resting on the fence. A couple of … Continue reading Abiding
EXPOSED
My bedroom doubles as my husband’s home office, so vacuuming the room can be a chore with books scattered here and there, and occasionally stacked, neatly, in a pile. With the rigor of online teaching for two Universities as well as his in-house instructing at Carolina College of Biblical Studies in Fayetteville, North Carolina, you … Continue reading EXPOSED
My Nephew & The Line UP!
Hearing from my nephew in prison or getting an update through my sister (his mother), I never tire of hearing what amazing work the Lord is accomplishing. However, there are those times when I fall on my face crying out for God’s great hand of protection or deliverance even from a line up. Those are … Continue reading My Nephew & The Line UP!
The Mind is a Battleground!
To be perfectly honest, I struggle daily! I have been fighting a battle for so long; Sometimes I grow weary and want to quit! But I must never give in; Because if I do, Satan will steal any hope I have of living a victorious life! Jesus Christ paved the way and laid the groundwork, … Continue reading The Mind is a Battleground!
A weighty project: cleaning out flowerbeds!
A weighty project is cleaning out my flowerbeds! I have, twice now, made very poor decisions for what I sowed. Certainly, I have made many more than two, but this is concerning flowerbeds. One of my four big flowerbeds is a double-sided bed, covering a part of the front fence and continuing behind the fence. … Continue reading A weighty project: cleaning out flowerbeds!
The Scarlett Road 