My Peace Zone

I Confess. I am a Martha-holic.

I love that gal so much. She speaks up and says what I’ve only wished I could say. I toil and am busy making sure everything is just right. I spend hours in the kitchen doing pre-event planning, cooking and baking and then the day of the event, I am the first to arrive and…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 27, 2019 Off

Are We So Spoiled Because We’re So Blessed?

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I am here for my volunteer work at Children’s Hospital and it starts out slow this morning. The radiology techs give me a sweet card of thanks and a great set of earbuds. I am blessed. I have time to read my scriptures for today and then have an “aha” moment. In Acts 3:26, Peter…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 26, 2019 Off

Got Desert? Green Pastures Await You!

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It’s difficult to think of desert in the midst of the torrential rains we had in the last 24-hours here in Frisco. But, deserts did come to mind when I thought about the “desert experiences” of life. Not far from the lush rolling hills in Austin where my children live, you can find yourself in…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 25, 2019 Off

Playing Hide-and-Seek with God

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We don’t have to play hide-and-seek with God. You know when we look and look to find the “hidden” player and they have such a good hiding place that we finally have to give up and say: “Come out. Come out wherever you are!” Good news. God isn’t hidden! He is always out! Yesterday, my…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 24, 2019 Off

Behind Locked Doors Because of Fear

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I’m so happy the Easter Story doesn’t end with the resurrection. There’s so much more! The next verse in John 20:19 says this: “That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.” They locked the door, they shut themselves off, they locked away the world. Out…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 23, 2019 Off

The Resurrection Changes Everything

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It’s the day after Easter and the retail stores are offering 50% or more off their leftover plastic eggs, chocolate and stuffed bunnies. Many people are already boxing up their Easter season décor. Isn’t this what we do routinely with most holiday celebrations? When the date has passed, we move on. But, I’d like to…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 22, 2019 Off

God’s Not Dead. He’s Surely Alive.

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The slang term “YOLO” certainly doesn’t apply to Jesus, does it? Whoever said “You Only Live Once” didn’t consider our Lord’s living, dying and living again forever! Jesus told his disciples “I’ll be back!” And, He kept His promise. Jesus made a comeback like no other. And, the over-the-top good news for us is whatever…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 21, 2019 Off

Holy Saturday — the Cross Makes the Difference

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Today is the in-between day of our Savior’s agony on the cross — one of the cruelest methods of execution ever practiced, slowly dying in despicable humiliation, His dead body placed in a tomb – sealed and done! But, then comes tomorrow — the day when all HELL had to break loose of what it…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 20, 2019 Off

Good Friday – He Spoke Not a Word

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That sounds almost impossible in an age when it’s all talk, talk, talk and give opinions, express angst and discontentment, and complain about this and that. Passionate defenders of their opinions shout: “Speak up if you want your voice heard!” The prophet Isaiah gave us inside information about what this day would look like 700…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 19, 2019 Off

#TBT – Throw Back Thursday — Holy Thursday

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It almost seems disrespectful to title my blog “Holy Thursday” AND “Throw-back Thursday” – but isn’t that what today is to us? It is remembering how Jesus shared a Passover meal with His disciples, and that meal invoked Holy Communion (Luke 22:19-20). We hear His words: “As often as you do this, you do it…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 18, 2019 Off