I want the power to forgive. I want the power to withhold my forgiveness! It is ALL my choice! That power can be exhilarating! But, sometimes, I don’t want the power to forgive. If I am powerless, it is not my fault. This pain and burden I carry is not of my own doing, it…
“Oh Death where is your sting?” I will tell you where the sting is. It stings in the core of your heart when your loved one passes away. It stings every time you think you hear their voice or forget and look up with expectation to see them standing there. It stings when you see…
The Bible tells us that we should “at all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.” (Ephesians 5:20, AMP) I have been reading a book entitled, “One Thousand Gifts,” by Ann Voskamp. The moment I began to read it, I knew I would struggle…
Monday, October 10, 2011 4:00pm We could not have asked for better weather. It doesn’t always work that way when you go away on retreat. I remember one year going to a place in Clearwater for a retreat and it was so cold, I spent the majority of my time in my room. The house…
Sunday, October 9, 2011 9:30am I got up early this morning to exercise. I felt like I needed to work off some of the butter & bread I had been consuming. Another gorgeous day. I was anxious to get back to my room though, as I had had one of those dreams where the evil…
Saturday, October 8, 2011 11:30am I slept in a bit this morning as I stayed up too late last night finishing the incredible story of Lillian Trasher. WOW! She lived by faith every day. She saw God provide every day. Yet she had her moments of weariness and times where her faith was challenged. I…
Friday, October 7, 2011 8:30 am I literally woke up this morning with the song that is popular right now and playing in my mind the words, “This is where the healing begins, whoa, This is where the healing starts….” That’s all I could remember. I receive that. What a beautiful day! 36 degrees, clear…
(Last year in October, I was blessed with a gift from the ladies of our church to go on a trip to an Abbey in Wrethem, Massachusetts. I journaled everyday and shared the entire journal in one lump email as a thankyou to the ladies. The response was amazing. I share my journal with you…
I have learned a lot about pain lately. The kind that strikes your deepest core, because of unexpected news and even if it was somewhat expected the reality of a living nightmare – who really can be prepared for this. Diagnosis of terminal illness, divorce papers served, you pick the situation that seems out of…
God is so much a part of who I am that my relationship with Him cannot help but spill over into what I write. “For in Him we live and move and have our being.”1 How He loves me, disciplines me, speaks to me, heals me and leads me, every fiber of my being connects…