Were you ever ‘blown out of the water’ by unwelcome news? Blindsided by something unexpected? Where do you turn in the moments and days following when your brain works overtime conjuring “what if”s? When your last thought before sleep and first thought upon awakening is sad and fearful how do you redirect? When you feel…
Patience
If God treats us with gentleness, patience, kindness, firmness, forgiveness, and love, shouldn’t we treat others that way? This past week two acquaintances deeply impressed me with their patience and kindness. I needed to take a snapshot of a client in their home with their new wall portrait. But when I called to ask if…
Bubbling
Did you see that viral video of a parched koala in the area of the devastating bushfires in Australia who stood on the road and begged for water from passing cyclists? The poor koala climbed right up on a bicycle to get a drink from the cyclist’s water bottle. It drank and drank. Have you…
Moving Forward
I was in a dither. I was running an important errand, had a very tight schedule, and I had made a stupid mistake that made my errand way longer than it needed to be. Our son was coming with our two granddaughters for a visit and I needed to get home because Husband had a…
Good News for the New Year
Have you ever considered the journeys of Mary and Joseph and how they resemble many of our journeys in life? We all have unplanned, inconvenient journeys in our lives that we’d rather not take. I’m sure you can think of times in your life that were hard and perhaps unexpected. I can think of some…