A new year ~months of the unknown make up the calendar. But the old and the known we sometimes drag into the new when circumstances don’t change. So the only change has to be us . . . Sometimes the only thing that will look different in a new year is how we’ve changed from the year before. And the one before that. That’s … [Read more...]
Dwell in Hope
I have set the Lord always before me because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices, my flesh shall dwell in hope. ~ David. Yep, I’ve come to know that my heart can be glad when I don’t dwell in my head. Media pummels our peace with cringeworthy images and bad news --- … [Read more...]
Light for the Middle Moments
Last weekend I attended a beautiful wedding in Pittsburgh ~ it was heartwarming. On the way home we stopped at the Flight 93 Memorial where the plane went down in Shanksville on 911 ~ it was heartbreaking. The bitter-sweet blend of heartwarming-heartbreaking is a mix of the joy and sorrow that seems to make up life’s … [Read more...]
The One Anothers
Everyone needs encouragement. Everyone. Think for a moment, the difference it has made when someone leaned into your space to bring hope and assurance. Sometimes we’re blind to our strengths until someone else points them out. We can do the same for another. Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up ~ 1 … [Read more...]
Fear or Faith
This last week in October we think of upcoming scary things . . . Halloween, hurricanes, and elections. Everyone on the east coast is holding tight as nasty girl Sandy approaches. It can be unsettling especially to those who have physical problems. How do we keep our peace as we wait for the historic hurricane to make land … [Read more...]