What is Your Ultimate Protection Guarantee?
While Staci called Poison Control, Larry called me to pray for Payton (10 years old at the time) who had been stung by a scorpion four times and each of the places was turning red and swelling up. Immediately, I remembered our son, Ryan, was stung by a scorpion on his foot. I gave Larry…
Got Your Ears On? Do You Hear Me?
“Breaker – Breaker 1-9” “Got a copy?” “How do you read me?” “Got your ears on?” That’s CB (Citizens Band – short distance radio) talk. Oh, yes, I was a CB-er in the 70’s and 80’s. My handle (name) was “Honeybee”! I’d say to a trucker on my CB, “You’ve got that one Honeybee. How’s…
American Ninja Warrior — Thinking Outside the Box
Please don’t judge me….I love the show “American Ninja Warrior”! I watch it while I’m in warrior mode on my treadmill (I tape the show to get each episode). I watch these people pushing their bodies beyond human possibility. They rigorously train for a year to become the “American Ninja Warrior”. In 5 seasons, no…
I Will Act Like I’m Already There!
I was quite the awkward child and teenager. Oh, how much I wanted to dance, or be on the drill team or be a good athlete — in any sport. If only I knew then — what I know now about “self talk” and believing and training and doing something about what I wanted to…
I Go To The Rock!
Does life seem overwhelming to you today? The deadline is long past, and you’re still endeavoring to get the project done? Are the kids more than a handful and you don’t think the new school year can come too soon? Did you get a pink slip from your employer and you wonder how you and…
You Are My Masterpiece
This world will always try to make us think “we’re too young or too old; not pretty enough or handsome enough; not rich enough; not thin enough; not talented enough; not smart enough!! It’s time for us to STOP listening to what the world thinks and says. There is only one voice that truly speaks…
Super Soaker Can’t Douse My Little Light
“This little light of mine…I’m gonna’ let it shine!” Remember that little Sunday School song? I sure do. We live in a world where many people are in darkness. And you and I might just be the LIGHTS that cause the darkness to flee — not so much by what we say….but what we do…
Trust God — Either Way
A few weeks ago, my doc’s assistant called to advise that one of my recent medical tests showed “something”, and the doctor wanted me to have a CT scan — just to rule out “anything”. I asked, “What could that ‘anything’ be?” And her reply was “cancer”. I consented to the scan which would not…
When Others Laugh at Your Dreams…..JUST DO!
It’s “par for the course” that pessimists laugh and ridicule those who step out and believe in something that’s never been done before. Often, those negative thinkers become the driving force for DREAMERS to DO and say, “Just watch me!” Think of where we’d be today were it not for dreamers? Dreaming big is what…
The Expert in Anything Had to BEGIN
Ever look at someone and wish you had their talents or abilities or strengths and just wish you had even a portion of what they have? They, too, were at their beginning…..they had to learn; they had to spend hours developing their gifts; they had to be willing to be trained, they had to grow.…