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The blog I wrote for this week needs to wait for a more appropriate time, so I pulled this from the blog archives.  Written over two years ago, I’m so happy to report that the Lord has faithfully been changing me from the inside out.  He has helped me put my eyes on him more…

Healthy Thinking

Husband’s close relative gave birth to conjoined twins.  One baby died a month later after the separation surgery.  The other died less than four years later after suffering multiple health issues and surgeries.  Yet the grieving mother put herself in the hands of her loving heavenly Father and was enabled to move forward, even having…

The Most Important

Relationships are the most important thing in our lives.   We are relational beings.   Since the first human walked the earth, it’s been clear that relationships are necessary for happiness.  God himself declared in the second chapter of the Bible, “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be…

Heart, Mind, Soul and Strength

Yet another business disappointment.  A scheduling conflict caused the postponement of a client’s appointment for two months. “I guess I’m being punished for not loving God enough.  I love doing ___________ so much that I must not be loving God enough,”  I blurted out to dear, patient Husband.  (What would I do without a soul mate to…

God Stories

Happy tears welled up in my eyes.  I was in shock in a good way.  Our lifetime friends were leaving our house.  They were already in their running car and I was bidding them goodbye.  I said to the husband, “Have as good a time as possible visiting your mom.”  To my utter surprise, he…

Spur Each Other On

Years ago we were sitting on our front porch taking a break in the tropical heat chatting with the father of our teenage daughter’s best friend.  He was reminiscing about his family’s long years in this primitive third-world country where we now served alongside him.  The stories began to flow and I’ve never been the…