Do you ever experience situations where God presents you with opportunities (a.k.a., tests) in the areas of trust and faith and you feel that you fall short? I sure do! I sometimes allow anxiety, fear or frustration to take hold before looking to the Lord for guidance. Despite witnessing growth ...

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Isn’t that the $10,000 question for most believers? What is God’s will for my life? How do I discern what he wants me to do? What if I make the wrong decision? The what-if’s threaten to overwhelm us. For some, the struggle is primarily with the weightier choices in life ...

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Do you ever crave take-out Chinese but you don’t want to fight the evening traffic? Or, is it simply becoming too expensive to dine out anymore? Perhaps you feel guilty about eating so much junk – and goodness knows those tasty sauces slathered all over our favorite Chinese dishes are ...

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This is my beautiful baby girl – taking some of her first steps at her grandmother’s house in 1990. Don’t you love that 1970’s era carpet? My daughter was around nine months old in this photo. She had her whole life ahead of her. And I, as her mother, contemplated many ...

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Morning & Evening – Devotions by Charles Spurgeon (book published by Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. 1991) In a world that has experienced so much turbulence, especially these last few years, it’s easy to become discouraged even as believers. The ravages of the pandemic, political and social unrest, sky-high inflation and the dismal ...

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Positive home test January 1, 2023 – Happy New Year! I’ve been distracted over the holiday season and haven’t taken the time to blog recently. I guess I have plenty of time now to do so, as I’m holed up in my office/extra room convalescing with Covid-19. Yep, started feeling off ...

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Are you struggling to find purpose in your life? Yeah, me too! In all seriousness, this is an area – one of the many – that I do struggle with at times and have been as of late. Am I doing what I’m supposed to be doing? Am I living my ...

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With November being recognized as National Adoption Month, I didn’t want to let the month slip by without recognizing it in a post. Adoption is near and dear to my heart for a couple reasons. The first reason: this guy Our adopted son a few days after his birth My son. No, ...

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Immediately before I devoured it! This recipe for baby carrot bars is the perfect combination of totally tasty and nearly foolproof. It’s a win-win! It came to me from my Grandma Ellen, though I don’t believe it was any sort of family heirloom recipe passed down through the ages. I’m guessing ...

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“Keep up with the Joneses” – Try to emulate or not be outdone by one’s neighbors (Google-Oxford Languages) This is not my house. It probably belongs to the Joneses – and yes, it is lovely. (actually, it’s from Pexels.com) Before the days of social media I wasn’t as aware of what the ...

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