Random Acts and God’s Plan For Our Lives
New Year's Eve is a special time for our family. We always enjoy sending the old year packing and welcoming in a fresh New Year. Some years are a joy to see go while others have been like old friends we hate to see leave. Since 2014 had been a so-so year, we simply waved "bye-bye" and shot off some fireworks. We enjoyed the surrounding neighbors setting off some real beauties and I swear, some "booms" sounded like small pieces of ...
What Christmas Gives We Cannot Buy
I went out this morning with great intentions. I was going to surprise someone with a card and pick up a gift for our granddaughter. Turns out I got the surprise. Missed out on giving the card to someone and then didn't find what I wanted at Michaels. I was looking at a bunch of traffic piled on the highway and nobody looked happy in the cars. Talk about a joy sucking monster starting to grow in my attitude. All it took was a look in ...
Nothing Funny About “Christian” Ignorance & Cruelty
One of the hardest things to do is to help someone live through a period of depression. Depression can be brought on by any number of reasons. Sometimes the depression is accompanied by or brought on by a post traumatic stress event. The mental and emotional toll taken on both care givers and patients suffering from depression is, at times, overwhelming in its intensity. The past history of how people with depression were ...
In All Things, God is My Counselor
On July 7, 2014, God gave me a vision and a clear path to follow to accomplish His plan for my family. I was filling holes in the front yard when suddenly an icy breeze blew through my hair and it was so different. I sensed the presence of God in the wind. I realized that through my heart and up into my mind I was hearing the voice of God. As He began to speak to me, I looked up towards our home. The sky had taken on an almost bright ...