“God’s peace will be shown by how we deal with the sufferings that will come upon us.”[1] Dietrich Bonhoeffer That will come upon us? How about has come upon us. And I can only question that when I think about refugees from Ukraine, those living in the increased violence and corruption in Haiti, the countless individuals who are used and victims of sex trafficking asking that question. That’s just the first three sufferers that came to my mind. But everyone who has ever, i

In January I often see on blog posts and social media, even on jewelry specially ordered so it’s a daily reminder, someone’s personal “word of the year”.  I’ve picked a “word for the year” at the start of 2013 and 2014.  But the past couple of years it’s just not been there for me. For some reason I just couldn’t figure out what “my word” was.  As this year draws to a close I realized I did have a word of 2016, but didn’t figure that out until recently. So, maybe from now on

Oops.  I skipped a month.   Maybe because I’ve had more opportunity to live simply with intention lately.  I consider it a gift.  I’ve been overlooking the importance of living the simple-ordinary because busyness can keep me from taking notice of these things.  I’m glad to be joining with Emily P. Freeman and other writers for “Things  I Learned in April”  Here we go – It’s so fun to hear your daughter learn houw to play the ukulele. It’s not an instrument you hear every day

For some reason the other day I stumbled across a link of 66 Hidden Secrets in Disney Movies.  It was pretty amazing to see how many different characters showed up in other Disney movies but usually go unnoticed.   For example, if you saw The Little Mermaid, did you notice that Goofy is in it along with Kermit the frog? They’re there but they’re overlooked or unseen.  But they’re there. It makes me think how that’s so true in real life as well.  There’s so much going on aroun

When I was in my early elementary years, on a pretty day, or any day to get me out of her hair, my mom would send me outside to play.  Our back yard was fenced in and very woody.  There was a small patch of a somewhat grassy hill but the rest was called a “natural area”.  But really it was woods.  We had my dad’s heavy, army green tent he used when he was younger, a small sand box, and a metal swing set with a couple of swings, a trapeze and a slide that my sister and I playe

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We need something warm and sunny here on the east coast today.  It’s been cloudy and steady rain for over a week now and there’s much more to come this weekend according to those meteorologists. It’s a cold, rainy day so I pulled out some pictures from our trip out west this past summer to look at some sunny, warm places we visited.  I’m taken back to Colorado when we had set up camp along a lake after a thunderstorm.  After the storm passed, it was just in time for us to not

It was almost hour number eleven in the car. The morning had started early at 6am. Since then, we had traveled through half of Arizona, all of New Mexico, and now crossed the border into Texas and had about an hour and a half left on that day’s journey. This was the first time I’d ever been to Texas, so I was looking all around in this new territory.  Not long after we were in the Lone Star State, off in the distance, we noticed rows and rows of something.  As we got closer,

The garden is planted and new flowers are in the ground in our yard.  It’s starting to get hot and since those precious little blooms are fragile in this big planet, they need some extra love and care.  Love and care – that’s what I’ve needed recently because I’ve had feelings that can overwhelm me.  Love and care- it’s what so many others need around the world. That’s what I was thinking when I stood at the sink in a daze as water started to fill the watering can.  Things qu

There’s no better way to end this 31 Day series giving it all back to Him.  Will you join me in thanking God? “Christ, you are the exact likeness of the unseen God. You existed before God made anything at all, and, in fact, You Yourself is the Creator who made everything in heaven and earth, the things we can see and the things we can’t; the spirit world with its kings and kingdoms, its rulers and authorities; all were made by You for Your own use and glory.  You were before

And we think we have it rough here in this fast paced society whenever we have to wait. What about Jesus? When Jesus was here on this earth to rescue us, he got to experience what it felt like to wait.  He had to wait about 30 years until his ministry began.  Did he physically feel nervous, a longing, excited or anxious to pursue his calling and purpose while he cut wood and hammered nails day after day as a carpenter? What about God? He knows better than any of us what it fe

If there’s anyone who knows about waiting, it’s my sister.   Being three and a half years older than her, growing up I thought I had the right to do things first since I was the oldest.   She waited for me to play Glamor Gals with her (did I ever, sis?).  She waited until I was off the phone talking to my friends so she could use it to call hers.  And I’m sure she could hardly wait until I moved to college so the downstairs bathroom was all hers. But those are nothing  compar

#unseen #Wait

I’ll be honest: I don’t like to play the game called “Wait”. Give me Pictionary, Uno or even Candy Land. I’d jump at the chance. And even though you have to wait for your turn to roll the dice or pick a card, the wait isn’t long. But the game Wait takes too long, makes me feel restless and I become distracted by other things that takes my mind away from figuring out the best way to cross the finish line. Here’s the instructions for the game. Wait until your turn. Wait eagerly