Ever Felt Like You Were Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall…. OR a Glass Window?
While up at our Hyde Park clubhouse on Wednesday, I kept hearing a bird banging into the windows, over and over again. On Thursday, one of my friends sent this text to me: “Drama at the clubhouse today — a female bird keeps flying into the window from the maple tree — male just moving…
Where is Your Safe Zone?
With the sun up, I could assess any damages around my place from the violent winds in the thunderstorms and tornadic activity that came through Tulsa on Tuesday night. Except for a lot of petals from my rose bush on the ground, it seemed all was well. Thanks be to God. When I turned on…
Rose & Marci aka Thelma & Louise aka Lucy & Ethel
Early yesterday morning, a few of us in my community sent off two of our neighbors to California. They’re driving in Rose’s truck and will be staying, nightly, in their new cozy travel trailer. These two fun-loving widows, who met here in Hyde Park two-plus years ago, have become best of friends. A 3-week journey…
Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go
My husband and I grew up as “church” kids. Our parents made sure we were in church every time the doors opened – Sunday School, Sunday morning and night services, Wednesday night service, Thursday night youth services, and when an evangelist came into town, church was every night of the week. My best friends were…
Not Just WHAT, but WHY and WHO
It’s a dose of “merry heart” medicine when Michael Jr. speaks. He’s a renown Christian comedian and he delivers his straight-faced, low-key humor with a style all his own, and right in the middle of it….he conveys God’s Word that brings revelation while putting comedy snug between truths. He did that this weekend at Life.Church.…
God’s Three Answers to Your Prayers
Years ago, I fell down a flight of stairs — 12 steps from top to bottom…..on MY bottom. I felt like a compressed-together accordion. I had a serious back injury and lived in pain, even after many chiropractic and medical treatments. For years we prayed for my healing. We moved to Shawnee, OK, where we…
Good Morning, Sunshine!
Is that you that we’re talking to? Are you a ray of sunshine when you get up in the morning? I make it a point to be. I don’t need an alarm clock — mine is built-in — usually, right on time between 6:00 am and 6:30 am. I get up, get my thermal mug…
Who Responds to Your Voice?
My son and family received an “Echo” as a gift from one of their closest friends, David and Danielle Limp. David is Senior Vice President of Devices at Amazon. He oversees the development of everything from the Kindle to Fire phone to the Echo device. This last Christmas, Ryan and Shawntel gave Staci and family…
Faith, Family, Values, and Determination = Favor and Blessings
On our way back to Dallas from College Station, we stopped in Waco to go to Magnolia Market at the Silos. If you’ve ever watched (and, in my case, addicted to) HGTV’s “Fixer Upper”, you know what Magnolia Market, Chip and Joanna Gaines, their family and their values are about. Chip and Joanna, the stars…
Sleepiness + Delays + Oven Repair + Car Trouble = God’s Providential Circumstances
We just don’t like or want delays, inconveniences, and unplanned circumstances. But, more often than not, God is working “all things” for our good so He asks us to simply trust Him. Weariness obviously set in for me because of my busy, putting-the-pedal-to-the-metal schedule the last couple of weeks. I was driving home from Dallas,…