No Thanks, I Can Do It Myself!
No Thanks, I Can Do It Myself! Self-Sufficiency – self-supporting, self-reliant, self-sustaining, “I’ve watched my dear 95-year-old mother-in-law, who has been quite independent for years, now be willing to let go of that self-sufficiency. Since she uses a walker, I offered to carry her purse and she’d reply “I can carry it myself!” Now, she…
Oops, I Did It Again! I Talked Too Much!
Oh, dear Lord! When will I learn to “idle my engine in neutral for a while before I shift to drive”? I’m figuratively speaking about “thinking before I speak”. Sometimes I just talk too much!”The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.” Proverbs 18:21 The fact is….I…
Serving Up Jesus in Little Ways
“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” — Thérèse de Lisieux In my post, yesterday, I introduced St Therese of Lisieux who served God in such beautiful, “little ways”. I was amused…
Measuring Up to God’s GREAT Expectations
We seem to always be striving for something big, bigger, or biggest. You know what I mean. The BIG “catch”; the HUGE promotion; the better paid job; running the FULL marathon; to write the #1 Best Selling book; to be the Valedictorian of the Senior Class; to be the “First” Chair in the band; to…
ENOUGH Already!
Ever said these words? “I’ve had it! Enough is enough! I’m sick and tired and I can’t take it anymore! I’ll never be good enough! I’ve had ENOUGH!” ENOUGH already! ENOUGH (in the context of “had enough”): outraged, tired, sick, weary, disappointed, fed up, overwrought, up to here, teed off We’ve all been there –…
This Just Wasn’t MY Plan
Plan: strategy, intention, aim, intent, objective, goal, ambition I remember thinking and saying those words so many times in my life “This isn’t what I (or we) planned!” How well I remember that place of feeling stuck. Our lives were just not going the way we had planned and although it was always the greatest…
Seizing the Moments
I responded to an “SOS” call from my son on Tuesday about their youngest, 11-year old Bryson, who was very sick and because they were going out of town the next day, they needed Nana. There are very few things, if any at all, that would keep me from putting anything else more important than…
It’s Inevitable – Storms Will Come
It’s Inevitable – Storms Will Come Storm: a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow; tempest, squall, trouble, controversy, unsettledness Just this week, while outdoors in extremely gusting winds, my friend expressed concern about our weather. She was from the North and moving to Texas was already…
Time for Intermission
INTERMISSION – interval, interlude, halftime, break, recess, pause, rest, respite, gap, space, lull, stop, halt, hiatus I remember INTERMISSION when I went to a play or outdoor movie. That was the time we could visit the restrooms or get a snack or just to simply have a good ole’ stretch. I had a two-day intermission…
No Prayer is too Small
Yesterday was a day of hearing “Please pray for me.” and “Please pray for her and her family.” and “Please pray I do well on my test” and “Will you please agree with me in prayer for….” Hearing “Please pray” so many times in one day certainly put the onus on me TO PRAY. I…