Trusting God When Fortitude Fails You

At one time I worked in an office. While the dress code was not professional, it was business casual. After a few days of tucked in shirts, skirts and closed toe pumps, casual Friday felt like a pajama party. This was before athleisure was acceptable in an office setting. Back then only P.E. teachers and Continue reading

The game of hide and seek was one of the games I played as a child that was both fun and heart-pounding. If I was the seeker I had no problem running around looking for those who were hiding. But when I was the one hiding I couldn’t stand the suspense. Many times I would Continue reading

I am a person who is directionally challenged. I have maps on my phone and navigation in my car and yet, I have found myself driving the wrong direction. I have missed an exit and driven 30 miles to find a different exit, just to turn around and go the right way. I try to Continue reading

Around the world Israelites are being attacked physically and verbally by malignant people. As I continue to follow this ongoing tragedy I find myself feeling a little afraid of the world. We can feel so helpless at times like this. I have watched several Israelis anguishing in concern for loved ones who are still missing. Continue reading

As a child if I heard this phrase I knew I was caught. Strangely even if I didn’t do anything wrong these words would put me on alert. I would quickly run through my actions of the day or days before, anxiously scanning my brain for infractions. Getting caught can bring shame and embarrassment. Sometimes Continue reading

Watching the scenes coming out of Israel this past week has been both shocking and heartbreaking. I’ve watched horrifying videos and heard gut wrenching stories from families with missing loved ones. As I cried and prayed for them I believed everyone must be feeling Israel’s pain. Unfortunately along with the atrocities brought against Israel was Continue reading

I loved Snow White and Cinderella as a child. These fairytales would take a troubled child to a place where everything was magical and problems would be whisked away by talking animals and a handsome prince. I believed I would be happy if I just found my Prince Charming. I never did get talking mice Continue reading

I remember as a young girl my friends and I playing the flower game. If you liked a boy and just happened to come across a flower you would remove each petal while speaking the words, “He loves me, he loves me not”. Each petal represented love or not love. I honestly cannot remember ever Continue reading

I recently found these words that I written to myself over five years ago. I had tucked it away with my other notes of ambitious ramblings. At that time it was to become my new motto. I was going to stop allowing worry to engulf my life. I was worried about so many things. Inside Continue reading

I am a cool weather person. I have been my whole life. I do enjoy a beautiful sunny day; I just enjoy it more when it’s around 50 degrees or less. Autumn is the launch party celebrating that cooler temperatures are just around the corner. It ushers in family gatherings, football, cute sweaters, pumpkin decorating, Continue reading

This wordy string of wisdom is something I uttered years ago. I was probably about eleven or twelve; so just a few short years ago. 😊 I was telling my family a story about a friend. This friend had told me a story that her friend had told her. She said that another friend had Continue reading

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.” Matthew 7:13 TLV Some days I seem to have a size problem. For me it can mean wanting a small waist but a bigger bum. One day big Continue reading

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself as having taken hold of this. But this one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal for the reward of the upward calling of God in Messiah Yeshua” Philippians 3:13-14 TLV I have a past. Continue reading

“For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of Law”. Galatians 3:10 NIV If you believe your way to heaven is by following the law then be prepared to follow ALL Continue reading

Most of us enjoy a beautiful sunrise that opens our day to new possibilities. Or a sunset that leads us into rest. We may delight in the night sky sprinkled with stars dancing around a bright moon. Or, one may experience the sun, the moon, and the stars as nothing more than part of the Continue reading