I love to fly! I love the excitement of how fast the plane goes as it prepares for departure. I thoroughly enjoy the roller coaster effect as we take off. I also enjoy watching everything outside the window get smaller and smaller as we climb to a higher altitude. I…
Being Transparent
Psalm 139 from The Message starts like this: “God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I’m an open book to You; even from a distance You know what I’m thinking.” As I’m reading this I am looking out of a plane window at the houses below. The houses…
The Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Park is a sight to see. It is a 28 mile drive. If you drive this road, it would take you all of 40 minutes. Should you decide to stop at every stop and walk every trail, it would take you 5 hours….
I had the privilege last week to walk around the Painted Desert, Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon. I’m not talking simply about the normal pit stops along the way, I’m talking every stop and every trail of the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest and walking much of the rim…
Mark 9:22b -24 – “But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!” And Jesus said to him, “If You can? All things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” (NASB) How many…
Yesterday was a beautiful day. The kids were still on spring break and they were playing outside enjoying the day. There was laughter as they played in the creek and teasing as the girls found David while he was spying on them. Lots of productive work was accomplished. I was…
I’ve had the type of week where I have gone through the motions. This has not been my deliberate choice. I have gone through the motions just to survive. There have been various tasks to complete, goals to accomplish, promises to keep and jobs to be done. There were people counting…
Hi. I’m Susan. I’m a diabetic. There, I said it…I’m flawed! I really hate that! I hate that I’m flawed. For some reason, unknown to the best of researchers, my body decided one day to attack itself so that it could no longer function properly. I was going about my…
My son has a new thing going on around his neck. It is a car neck pillow. He asked me what it was when he found it and I told him it went around your neck. So, he put it there and there it has stayed. I’m not talking just…
Perfection. Definition (according to Susan): the art of completing a project exactly right accepting that you did the best you could with what you have For many years I have struggled with definition number one because so many times I have failed! I love to strive for perfection, but it…