Tag: God
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Fish On
Let’s talk about how much God cares about you. Before I left on my recent girl’s trip to Alaska, my son’s friend asked me to bring him back some salmon. I was like, I don’t think so, followed by some sort of “yeah, right” snorting sound. It wasn’t my plan to do any fishing. It…
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Beep Beep
Two years ago this month, God made a way for me to purchase a home. It’s what I wanted. Ranch style, not needing a lot of improvements, because I’m not into the home rebuilding/remodeling thing. Thankful to the people who do that, but it’s not my jam. I wanted a country setting but not too…
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Simple Places
This story originated August 14, 2022. Since this was written, the church mentioned within, permanently closed its doors. Everything has its season and nothing this side of heaven lasts forever. I often post on my Facebook page but neglected to share here. I guess maybe now is the better day for that. Thanks for being…
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Desensitized
The other day I stopped what I was doing to check and see what birds and critters may be at the feeder. To my surprise I saw a bird on top of another bird. I thought, ewww, because I thought they were, well, doing that birds and bees thing. So I slapped the window with…
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Alaska
When I was a young girl, I remember looking up in the dark skies of the night and looking for the Big Dipper. Somehow knowing that heavenly constellation was high in the sky brought me peace from the chaos of living in a home filled with addiction. How could the beauty of those shining beacons…
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Glow Sticks
“We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.” ~ 2 Corinthians 4:7 (NLT) This morning as I sat with God processing some childhood pain, I got the image…
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Romanticizing Adultery
How do you romanticize adultery and make it acceptable? Let’s take a look. ☺️Guy meets girl.☺️Guy dates girl.🥰They fall in love.💍Guy gets engaged to girl.👗👔They may even move in together before marriage.✈️🚙❤️🔥Girl takes a trip home and runs into an old flame.💍Remember, girl is still engaged.😍Girl starts feeling romantic towards old flame and begins questioning…
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The Want of More
Scrolling through the radio stations I stopped when I saw Pat Benetar’s name pop up. Love me some Pat Benetar. It took a minute for me to recognize the song, “All Fired Up,” but as the song played on, bits and pieces came to mind and next thing I knew I was jammin’ in my…
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Moral High Ground
I watched a tv show. To summarize, over time, one woman had done some pretty sketchy things but justified her behavior by saying her actions were what was best for her employer. She was “protecting” them. Another woman, who worked for this same employer, also over time had done some deplorable things per the one…
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Moral High Ground
I watched a tv show. To summarize, over time, one woman had done some pretty sketchy things but justified her behavior by saying her actions were what was best for her employer. She was “protecting” them. Another woman, who worked for this same employer, also over time had done some deplorable things per the one…
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What a Waste
Every time I see a Whitney Houston movie or hear one of her songs, I always think, “What a waste.” Hear me out before you attack. I’m not calling her a waste. On the contrary, that woman was phenomenal. If you really listen to her voice, the passion, the depth, the incandescent beauty of her…
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Check Your Thoughts
My baby brother has been heavily on my mind the past few days. I miss his voice. I miss his laugh. I miss his hugs. I hold onto these precious memories in my heart, and I smile. He thought of himself as quite the jokester. He loved to make others laugh. Those people, the ones…
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Heartbroken
I’m so incredibly heartbroken over the latest senseless murders in Nashville. I’m so distraught in my soul that we’ve yet to discuss how to better protect our schools from people hell bent on killing children and adults for their own evil desires. I’m so sick of labeling the killers as this mental disease or another.…
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A New Decade
A loud noise interrupts my peaceful morning. Excuse me! Don’t you know it’s my birthday? I’m guessing not. The sound is coming from a wood chipper and chain saws. Several men dressed in brightly colored vests are diligently working on the removal of two very large trees from my neighbor’s yard. The larger the tree…
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I Can’t Hear You
Do you remember being little, putting your hands over your ears, shouting obnoxiously loud, “I can’t hear you!” and then making all sorts of vocally misconstrued cacophony at your targeted nemesis? You know, the person who refused to listen when you told them you didn’t want to hear something? Heck, maybe you’ve even done this…
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Old Hollywood
I never thought I’d be one of those people who long for yesteryear. I was always the one who couldn’t wait for what tomorrow would bring. Seems those carefree days are behind me. If I’m honest, I worry too much about what the future holds. I wonder if the decisions from my past will one…
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I’ve Got It
The other day at the grocery store, I had to reach quite far under the top shelf to get the big plastic wrapped container of 35-16 oz., water. Or is it waters? Either way, as I hoisted it up to walk it around to the front of the cart, a gentleman said, “Here, let me…
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Circling The Drain
I feel a shift. Not a big or mighty shift. But a shift, nonetheless. It’s easy to see big, drastic changes. But it’s the small steps towards something that gets easily ignored, forgotten, or even dismissed. When in fact, those tiny steps forward should be celebrated. Perhaps this shift is a new thought that interrupts,…
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Silly Love Songs
The past few days, the song “Silly Love Songs” by Paul McCartney & Wings, has been running around in my head. Which is odd because I don’t really like his music. Yet, here we are. Let’s take a look at some of the lyrics: “You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love…
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Stink, Stank, Skunked
A couple days ago I shared the following story on Facebook wall. At the time, I wasn’t sure why this happened. As I was contemplating the scenario, it dawned on me that before I got out of bed, I prayed for God to help me be creative. Hence the following story. I hope, if nothing…
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Check Engine Light
This morning I found myself in an angry mood. Like how is it even possible to be angry without anything even really happening yet? As I’m talking it out with God, while trying to listen to a “Gratitude devotional,” (did you catch the irony there), I berated myself for even being angry. Like, my anger…
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What Happens Next
Did you ever have someone pick a fight with you but you didn’t even know a battle existed? Have you ever faced an enemy you had no real understanding as to why you were thought of as the enemy, just to find out it was because you were being you? What happens next in that…
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Dear Empty Nester
Ok, you’re on your own. There’s no one to really look after or do things for. You feel like your purpose is gone. You literally don’t know what to do with or for yourself because you’ve been taking care of others for what seems like forever. You feel like your “purpose” is gone. I know.…
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Keep Paddling
For a couple weeks God laid a person on my heart to pray for. Last night I had a dream about this person. This morning when I woke up, I checked my text messages. A friend sent me pictures from an event she attended plus another pic she was given. In the pic she’d been…
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The Favorite
You were their favorite. The baby of our dysfunctional family. It came at a cost. It sucks when parents single out a child as their favorite. Everyone suffers. Including the favored child. How ironic that you would be the first to leave this earth. You found solace in the mired depths of alcohol attempting to…
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Rain
I sat trapped in my car. No, not really. I actually chose to sit and wait out the dump of rain from the heaven’s above. Lord knew we needed the rain. My once green lawn was smattered with brown patches of dry, brown, crunchy grass. No bare foot wants to walk on that mess. As…
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Identity Thieves
I started watching a new series on Netflix. It’s a hot mess. I could tell you what the name is, but I figure if it’s meant for you, you’ll find it. The typical 45 minute show gives you glimpses of how the characters got to be where and how they are in the present. I…
Blessed to be Broken 