Tag: devotional

OUT OF THE CHAOS 03.15.2022

Monday’s post stayed in my head. I didn’t get the words on paper, I barely had them in order in my head. The idea was there, but it didn’t blossom or grow. Friday my daughters picked me up at the airport. We went for dinner together to welcome me home, followed by a girls’ sleepover …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 03.11.2022

It was about a year ago, a woman messaged me and wanted to meet which I did willingly. It was the beginning of a beautiful work of God as, together, we sought the Lord for her healing. One evening I shared with her my experience of asking Jesus questions. I remember telling her that I …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 03.10.2022

Jesus teaches me. He teaches me how to be alone. He teaches me when to ask for companionship.  33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed. 34He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Mark 14:33-34 There …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 03.09.2022

Ever felt scared to be alone? Not scared like “someone is going to get me!” scared, but scared like “what will I do all day?” scared. Christmas vacation is over and the kids all go back to school; mostly you are excited and giddy to be in a routine again but there’s that part of …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 03.07.2022

I am going to get myself in trouble. I see the calendar says it is March and religious material tells me it is Lent. Putting those two things together, I expect for spring to be just around the corner with flowers poking through the ground and the temperatures rising. Every year I expect this and …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.28.2022

Vacation week!! Please check back again in a week when I will resume my normal posting. Have a great week!

OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.25.2022

Recently I was reminded that laughter really is the best medicine. Not only does it provide short term benefits such as extra oxygen, lowering stress and releasing feel good hormones in the brain, it provides long term benefits as well. Immunity support, pain relief and improved mood are just a few of the long term …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.24.2022

Children provide a great deal of entertainment — even when they are being absolutely serious and horrified about something. It behooves me to contain my laughter when my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter shakes her finger or stomps her foot in indignation. Last evening was classic. She and her sister had spent the day with …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.23.2022

Did anyone capture the date and time yesterday when it all coincided? 2:22 p.m. on 2/22/22? My brother was on a Zoom call and was able to click a photo during that one minute. As we anticipated the minute when all numbers would be two, my mother asked if something was supposed to happen. No. …

OUT OF THE CHAOS 02.22.22

17Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?”  Genesis 17:17 12So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman …