REST means stop all movement and sit. Well, this is my elementary definition yet an honest one. 

Resting has never come easy for me, and I don’t know how to do it. I need God to teach me because I grew up in a family who placed high value on working and rarely rested. Being in...

I’ve been repeating this in my mind for the last week as I think of the word of the month – REJOICE.

When I get part of a Bible verse I need to go look it up because my memory verses have improved but still need God’s help. Google is great for when you only have part of a verse,...

Many years ago, when I sobered up and walked into the rooms of a twelve-step program I refused to acknowledge a higher power or God. No way was I going to try to let God into my life because the God I understood had a sludge hammer and was surely going to club me over the head for all the...

Obey is a word that can stop you right in your tracks.

I’ve been a hard one to change in my ways with the word obey. It's been one of the toughest things for me to do - obey.

The walk through what I refer to as my O Story (learning how to be obedient) has been long……LONG. Did...

Focusing your attention on one thing in this day and age is extremely challenging. Can I get an AMEN?

Focus = draw your attention near and looking at one thing/point

We have an old pinball machine that’s been restored from its original life in the 1970’s and it’s a visual as...

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When was the last time you did something for yourself?

Was it today, OR like many women, you can’t remember the last time because it’s been too long ago?

This past weekend a friend and I drove five hours to attend a women’s conference called Women’s Breakaway...

Have you ever said one of these sayings about peace?

• Peace in the house.

• Peace out.

• I need peace and quiet.

• Peace be with you.

• Peace, love, and joy.

If you’ve read my writing or listened to me speak, I start by turning to the dictionary to get the definition of the focus word....

Being one with God is the ONLY thing that keeps me sane because God is good, merciful, powerful, loving, joy, and peace, to mention just a few attributes.

This can be described as unity with God. The word unity is my theme this month.

Unity is an interesting subject as I’ve found myself...

Exodus 13:21-22 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the...

In marriage our life is back and forth, give and take.

Marriage can be like a teeter totter that many played on during elementary school. Remember the old wooden teeter totters that every elementary school had in the 1970s and you will have the correct picture in your mind for this analogy.

The...

They fly fast and furious, coming out of nowhere, most of the time they are undetected until they hit their target. The target is the heart and once it pierces it is split wide open - to hurts of the past and insecurities within. This is the arrow of offense.

Offense has a lengthy list of...

After watching  The Chosen it was a great eye-opening time to reflect on how Jesus lived here on earth. It shows the interaction of day-to-day living with the twelve disciples and how issues arose like where would they get more lentils to feed the group of disciples, how physically...