It’s been awhile since I’ve written. I’ve been on a journey to seek God and find Him. I feared I would not be able to seek Him fully unless I cleared some clutter in my life. This clutter was both mentally and physically. I’ve cleaned out my closet, started my…
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The walk to Emmaus was a 7 mile journey from Jerusalem. There were 2 followers of Jesus on the road to Emmaus the first day of the week after Jesus had been crucified and buried. They were walking back home somewhat defeated because the man they thought would overtake Rome and save…
This week has been a week I’ve seen prayers answered. I’m talking about having my devotions and feeling I needed to call someone whom I speak with a few times a year. Before I had the chance to pick up the phone and dial the number, the phone rang and…
Life has a crazy way about being crazy. Just when you think everything is falling into place, you look up and something comes out of nowhere, sweeps you off of your feet, and you are left in a whirlwind. Is it possible to be grounded through the ups and downs…
I’ve been reading about Saul and David. You know, the ones from the Bible. I was reminded that while Saul was king of Israel, God’s presence had left him and David was anointed as the next king. In an effort to calm Saul, David was asked to play the harp…
January is halfway done. Are you ready to quit on your new goals? Or, have you not even made them yet? I like goals and I like lists, but I’ve not taken the time to do my annual list on paper. I have, however, already started making my goals in…
The holiday season just past and most holiday traditions center on getting together with family and spending time with one another. Family can invoke both positive and negative emotions, as well as frustrating and loving thoughts. If the idea of family can conjure up mixed feelings, why do we seem to…
These are heavy and dark days with the killings in Paris. People killing other people. Not by accident. People are taking the time to methodically plan to kill other human beings. They are willing to take a life and kill based on religion. I want you to hear this loudly: religion….
We all want to feel good about our spirituality. Then, there’s life and life gets busy. There are things that take up our time. Then some person writes a blog about praying and you want to slap them for writing something that reminds you how much you’ve failed at doing…
There are things in life we know to be good and yet we don’t always follow through on those good things: sleep, exercise, prayer. It’s easy in our minds to say these three activities are important, but are our actions verifying those beliefs? Are we being hypocritical? Think about sleep….