Walking in Abundance...March Favorites Hello, Friends! I am sitting in my favorite chair where I often watch the sunrise out the window in front of me and get a close up look at birds on the lawn out the window beside me. Huge puddles of water are everywhere and still rain comes down. Our sump pump is running practically nonstop and I'm praying it doesn't stop and flood the basement again. We still don't have everything back in place from the last battle with water we lost down … [Read more...]
Walking Compassion Road: How to Help my Neighbor
How to Help My Neighbor Hello, friends! Can we discuss something hard today? This is a topic about which I'm so conflicted. I'm not confused about if I should do it, but I'm mixed up about HOW to do it. I want to talk about loving my neighbor. About how to help people. When Jesus was asked by a Pharisee which commands in God's law were the most important, here was His answer: Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. This is the most important, the … [Read more...]
Monks and Mother Teresa: How to Live a Holy Life
Hello, Friends! Ok. I have to admit that I giggled as I wrote the title of this post. I DO NOT KNOW how to live a HOLY LIFE, but I'm trying to figure it out and I desire to live a life that is honoring to Jesus. I bet you do, too. I wish we could sit down with a cup of coffee, heavy on the flavored creamer, and share what God is teaching us. Living a HOLY LIFE isn't something just for those in vocational ministry and a pipe-dream for the rest of us. In the second letter Paul wrote to his … [Read more...]
One Little Word…..JOY
Have you heard about One Little Word? It’s a project that has been popular in the blogging world for several years and one in which I have participated. The idea is to choose a “word” that will be your focus for the year. Last year, I chose LEARN as my word with a goal of trying to learn a lot of new things. I even had a charm stamped with my word on it to put on one of my many bracelets. I guess I should have made a large banner instead, because as is my all-too-frequent … [Read more...]
How to Live with Cystic Fibrosis
Our sister, Amy’s obituary gives the nuts and bolts of her life, but it doesn't begin to describe the real Amy- the daughter, sister, wife, aunt, or friend that she was to us. Amy’s life started in a special way with her birth on Christmas Day, 1964. She was a beautiful healthy baby with parents and 2 sisters who were totally delighted with her. Unfortunately, early on it was evident that she was not the healthy child we all assumed her to be. After being ill many times, Amy was … [Read more...]