Remember reading the children’s book, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” to your kids or grandkids? Poor Alexander had a lot of unpleasant things happen to him in one very bad day. People and things seemed to be working against him. This caused him to complain, feel defeated and angry, and…
Author: Grandma Grace
Masterpieces
On Saturday our oldest son and his dear wife took me to see reproductions of the panels of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo. Instead of traveling to Rome and viewing his ceiling masterpieces from 65 feet below, we were able to go to our own city and walk right up to each individual reproduction panel…
How to Beat Worry
We are reminded daily of inflation, economic downturn, supply chain issues, and scarcity. I don’t know about you but I have to do battle with worry or else I experience tomorrow’s problems today. “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew…
Celebrating Togetherness
Our sons and daughters gave us the best 50th-anniversary celebration this past weekend. It was exactly what we had wanted but dared not hope for – having all of our six children together. Because one daughter and her family live in the Midwest far from our Pacific Northwest home, it just didn’t seem feasible for…
When in Doubt
Recently Husband and I have spent time with people we love dearly but who are not yet believers. It pains my heart that these dears ones are rejecting God either intentionally or by default. Honest conversations revealed concerns that keep them from believing the Bible. But even for us who believe, do some Bible passages bring…
Small Things
Have you ever stopped to think about how one seemingly small decision affected the rest of your life? We know that small decisions build on each other to determine our outcomes, and sometimes we can actually point to one small decision that was the hinge on which a big door of opportunity swung. Something that…