Happy Thanksgiving! I know you don’t have time to read, so here are a few of my favorite Fall images before we enter the Christmas season. Each verse reminds us of what we have to be thankful for that lasts our whole lifetime and beyond! From the Lutheran prayer book: “Oh, give thanks to…
Thankful and Happy
Have you ever gotten a gift and secretly wondered how you’d ever use it? You remembered to be polite and thanked the giver in spite of misgivings about the gift. That was our experience last Christmas. One day a rather large box arrived by Amazon delivery. We were mystified because we hadn’t ordered anything. We…
Yes!
I’ve lived long enough to notice outcomes. I’ve watched family members make seemingly small bad choices that morphed exponentially into heartache that hounded their steps for decades. That choice to skip church and slip away from church friends. That first bad friend. That first little dabbling into alcohol or drugs. That move away from…
Patient
Why are some tasks so hard to start? From the completely mundane like cleaning out the fridge to the eternally impactful like studying the Scriptures. What hinders us from diving in? Why is it so much easier to do other things instead? Here’s what one educator says, “The Wall of Awful gets created, brick by brick,…
Wobbly
I don’t know about you, but I’m very grateful that God is patient with our weaknesses! When dear Husband’s health improved, I suddenly felt wobbly. Maybe the pressure, fear, and lack of good sleep just built up. But when he started to get better, I started to crumble! I reminded myself that God is patient…