This!!! We try so hard to hold onto things that will eventually be meaningless… Let go and experience a whole new world, a new life! Lose your life and gain the greatest blessings of all, the kind money cannot buy. Put yourself first and experience the opposite. Yes, there’s more to life. It’s not about... Continue Reading →
Devotional Thoughts: Proverbs 13:6
I was raised in Northern Virginia but went to college in North Carolina. I had a heavy foot when driving home from school and this resulted in speeding tickets! I got so many that the state of North Carolina sent me a letter informing me my NC driver’s license had been revoked! However, I didn’t... Continue Reading →
Devotional Thoughts: Love One Another
Sometimes this is easy, sometimes this is hard. Thomas Merton, a famous spiritual writer rocked my world years ago when I read his book. This is horrible but I read it so long ago that I do not recall the title but I copied 1 chapter, the chapter on love. Merton says, “without my love... Continue Reading →
Devotional Thoughts: Calm, Settled Souls
CEV says, “Calm down” instead of, “Be still.” What could the world be like if we would all calm down? I know it’s in those still, quiet moments that God speaks. If we never stop we cannot hear the voice of Guidance, the voice of Divine Comfort, the voice of Healing. God speaks to us... Continue Reading →
The Season of Advent: Hope
Advent means, waiting. I am waiting. Are you waiting? I overheard some of our children talking about gifts for Christmas. They were talking excitedly and with great anticipation about Christmas day. They are waiting, they are excited. Anticipation is in their thoughts and conversations. They're ready! Bring it on! This is also how we should... Continue Reading →
Devotional Thoughts: Need vs. Want & Divine Contentment
I don't know about you, but I have been thinking about what's necessary for our family and what isn't. I stand on this promise that God is the supplier of our needs. Sometimes God uses another person to help meet a need and Sometimes God wants to use me to meet the need of another. ... Continue Reading →
Devotional Thoughts: Grief Will Lead Us
Grief and sorrow might be one of the most difficult things we deal with. We all experience grief and loss at some point in our lives. Our brains try to make sense of it all but honestly most of it won't ever make sense. Sometimes we aren't grieving over the loss of a person but... Continue Reading →
Devotional Thoughts: Hope
So much depression and suicide in our communities! As a foster parent experiences with the teens I cared for taught me how to gauge whether or not someone needed to be in a mental health facility. Expressing no hope and having a detailed plan to end one’s life are two indicators someone needed a safe... Continue Reading →
Devotional Thoughts: Hope
What a summary of what we are to do as followers of Jesus! Other translations say say, “rejoice in hope.” Our world needs the hope I have. The hope I have isn’t even human, it doesn’t come from me. It comes from the living God. Without this my life would be so different. This hope... Continue Reading →