My Peace Zone

If I Could Have One Wish…..

I remember overhearing a conversation between my two youngest grandsons. Brennan, asked his younger brother, Bryson, “If you had a genie in a bottle, what would you wish for?” They certainly earned love tokens when they both said: “For Nana to live with us forever!” They had some other outlandish wishes, but that one put…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 26, 2019 Off

Help! I Need Directions!

directions Trust God

I’m so thankful for my phone’s GPS app. Such a time saver. Such a stress reliever. Such great comfort as I take so many road trips by myself. I remember the days of getting lost trying to find a location. I wonder how we made it so well before GPS? How did they make it…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 25, 2019 Off

Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are

Hide and Seek

I sent that message to my best friend yesterday. She has a busy life and so do I, but we do our best to stay connected. I forgot they were away in a remote location without cell, so no wonder I was saying “Come out, come out, wherever you are!” Those words are actually from…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 24, 2019 Off

That Annoying Fly and Our First Line of Defense

annoying fly fly swatter

It is Saturday morning and my blog inspiration is slow in coming, Soon the creative juices start to flow. It starts with an annoying, over-sized, buzzing horse fly that overflew his bounds since the night before. I attempt tactical warfare — swatting and spraying – but the beast lives on. Then, while sitting at my…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 23, 2019 Off

Memorial Stones for Remembering

Memorial Stones Remember

Thank you for your indulgence as I have been in inspiration overload from VBS this week. The end of Day 5 brought mixed emotions: “Aw! We Made it!” and “Oh no! It’s Over!” The latter are my words as this joy-filled week is over and I return to my quiet and peaceful home. The former…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 22, 2019 Off

When Life is Sad — God is Good

god is good sad

I just can’t help myself. The inspirations at VBS keep coming so I must keep sharing! This has been a week of watching so many precious children get all caught up in God’s goodness and yesterday was off the charts. We had a departure of wandering in the wilderness with the Israelites to a day…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 21, 2019 Off

Grumbling, Murmuring, Whining — Sound Familiar?

Children grumbling murmuring whining

On the way home from VBS yesterday, I called a friend and immediately she began to tell me that she wasn’t in a happy place right now. Lots of “life” stuff had her in a pinch. On the contrary, I was in a happy place. I was still basking in the “rush” of having been…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 20, 2019 Off

ROAR — When Life is Wild — God is Good!

vacation bible school VBS

Last year I heard about the exciting and fun-filled times that were had by the kids and the adult and teen volunteers at Vacation Bible School at my church. With all that enthusiasm, I didn’t want to miss out this year so early on, I enlisted! And, I am so glad I did. Today is…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 19, 2019 Off

When We’ve Run Out of Hope…..

Hope

This is my second day in a row to blog about hope. Maybe it has to do with some of the assignments God has given me in the last few months to encourage others to hold onto hope. So many are sick. Sick and tired. Sick of hearing so much negativity and hate. Sick of…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 18, 2019 Off

Things are Looking Up with Optimism and Hope

Hope Optimism Romans 8:28

We are known as an optimistic family. We reinforced optimism in our children with “You are champions. You can do anything if you set your heart and mind to it. With God all things are possible.” We purposely speak “God is good — all the time” regardless of sunshine or rain, joy or sorrow, win…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 17, 2019 Off