In those foggy moments before the alarm rings and consciousness reminds me of the day ahead, I listen hard for soul whispers. It is often in the early morning when the meditations of my heart remind me I am not alone. The treasure of Psalm 127:2 becomes reality, “God gives to his beloved even in […]
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Ever had one of those seasons where doubt gnawed at your soul and kept you from living in abundant joy? Yeah, me, too. With a life-changing decision on the line, I followed my usual checklist for making choices: When the majority of these questions agree, then I feel ready to step into the decision-making process.
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One of the best tools to build relationships is the book The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman. When we know our love language and the love languages of our friends and family, we can feed care into each others’ souls. But we can also learn how to use our voice to share our own need.
Last week, I met another one. A woman who has been resilient and creative. Designing her own business so that her family will have an additional income during these critically uncertain times. She and her adolescent daughter have worked together to create a business that offers shaved ice. During our Kansas summer, this is the
Most of us will profess that we trust IN God. When we gave our hearts to Jesus and decided to follow him, we trusted in God’s plan to save us. We knew our future life would be with God in the beauty of heaven — forever. Because this process was based on grace and completed
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As I write this blog post, the Middle East countries are involved in another war with each other. Russia still torments Ukraine. Multiple people die every day. Locally, crime is a problem in my city. It is grievous that so many young people are dying. Multiple lives have been changed. Global arguments fill the news
Yes indeed! There are definitely some benefits to living in the senior years. One of those is front and center during this week of July Fourth celebrations. Freedom. As seniors we have the freedom of knowing more about who we are than when we were younger. We do not need to live by what the
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One of my favorites of the old hymns is titled Day by Day. The lyrics were written in 1865 by a Swedish woman, Lina Sandell. Then in 1872, Oscar Ahnfelt composed the tune. Soon, this hymn was being sung in multiple congregations. In the 1920s, it was translated into English and started appearing in American
It happens quickly. We’re marching along in life, then one day we wake up and we’re called a senior. No one has called us a senior since high school. Somehow, the label does not fit. This senior status is different from the excitement and youth of high school. It does not carry with it the
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Other writers may recognize the state of angst I have been toying with. It happens when we have an idea that won’t leave us alone. Yet we’re not sure if we really want to deal with it. But the idea and the topic keep niggling at the psyche until we finally sit down and write
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