It is a common practice when planning anything spiritual that a fast would be in order. Usually one that is a day or two right beforehand. I, on the other hand, decided that for the month of August that I will give up playing all my egames. This is definitely a challenge for me! In …
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These past few months I have begun to wonder if I may have some undiagnosed bipolar symptoms. My emotions seem to be on a grand roller coaster ride. One day I am feeling on top of the world, ready to take on any challenge; and the next feeling totally defeated and worthless, looking for a …
Writing is cathartic. Which just means it is a way of purging strong emotions. I think that is why I usually write when life is hard. It's important not to keep things bottled up and it's important to stop and look at the feelings and not just ignore them. I found out something today that …
It's not about me! And it is about me! After facing another setback and nearly having a complete breakdown, I had to take a look at why I was taking on planning a retreat. Was I "called" to do this? What was God's intention? I felt the nudge of the Holy Spirit reminding me that …
I promised to bring you along this adventure with me and I have been remiss. This has been a true challenge to my ego. I had challenges to my concept, I had challenges to the location, I had challenges to the choice of speaker, and I lost a key committee leader. But with all the …
God is so funny. I am up past midnight tonight, my husband is in Cleveland. I'm just wasting my time watching tv and playing stupid computer games. I was just about to head for bed when I decided to read the daily devotional "Jesus Calling" that I have on my iPad. If you have it …
I am laying here on the bed next to my granddaughter, hoping I can get her to take her nap. She is playing with all the pillows and starts putting them on top of me, I get frustrated and tell her she needs to go to sleep right now, or I'm going to leave the …
Ever since our ladies retreat a few weeks ago, I have been so excited to take on the lead for next year's retreat, so much so that I can't stop thinking about it! The Holy Spirit is pouring ideas into my head and I can't contain it all without it spilling out all over the …
Psalm 40:3 He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed.They will put their trust in the Lord. NLT I have a song going through my head (and it's not even mine) "there is no place I would …
First off this is not an in-depth analysis of this miracle that Jesus performed. This is just a beginning observation of his ability to transform one thing into another. As in: Jesus is able to lead me in the transformation of this blog, just as he is able to lead me in my own transformation. …
The Far Reaches of Grace 