Is Your Prayer Closet Cluttered?
The answer to that question for me is “Yes, it is!” Now, I live in a downsized apartment and every closet is filled to the brim. So, I don’t really have a prayer closet. I have a prayer chair. It’s my cozy-down place, often taking a little shut-eye there, watching some TV there, but more…
Being His Hands & Feet
We invited our pastor to our home for dinner. We took him on the grand tour of the home and into our backyard. We recently bought a statute of Jesus to place in a newly installed rock garden area. We apologized that Jesus had no hands. When we purchased it, the hands were missing, but…
Being Right Isn’t Always Right
After all these years of experience, handling so many challenges, weathering the many storms of life and still here to talk about it, you’d think we should win every debate that comes our way. Case in point: My younger grandchildren have had their drivers’ licenses for just a while but now they seem to be…
Look at the Birds of the Air
Typically, I have my next blog in mind the day before I write it and post it. But, yesterday, I had a blank slate and a blank in my head. After a while of looking at notes I had written, still nothing clicked. I prayed for inspiration and rather than ponder, I sat off to…
Because I’m Happy
Pharrell Williams wrote, sang and made popular his song: “Happy”. There’s something about that song that turns up the joy and energy that Pharrell intended. In the “Happy” lyrics, Pharrell sings about staying positive in the face of bad news and adversity and it’s evident at one point in the song, when he croons, “Here…
Brighten the World with What You’ve Got
Yesterday, in my blog, I encouraged us all to brighten our little corners of the world. In other words – to bloom where we are planted, to shine in spite of clouds, reach the one God puts in our pathway, to let our little lights shine for Jesus. And, hopefully, we are all brightening our…
Is the Light Shining in YOUR Corner?
As I began to catch my thoughts for today’s blog that I was certain it would be about our lights shining, I remembered this little song: “Brighten the corner where you are / Brighten the corner where you are / Someone far from harbor YOU may guide across the bar / Brighten the corner where…
What We See Matters
My two oldest grandsons still talk and laugh about the times when Papa and I took them to the “red neck yacht club” in Oklahoma, Papa and I never gave them the “lifestyle of the rich and famous”. We gave them true grit, real outdoor living combined with the best fishing and roaring campfires and…
The Blessings of Sunshine and Showers
April and May showers have continued to bring us such beautiful, cooler temperatures here in Austin. I stepped out to my car and my friend’s delightful, playful, and friendly Labradoodle, Magellan, came bouncing (literally) to me. He was off his leash and he sees me. It’s like he’s taken a sunshine pill. He starts running…
Surprise!
I wasn’t a gal who liked surprises. I was the gal who prided herself in knowing what all my presents were under the Christmas tree. I did a good job of unwrapping and wrapping them back up again. I’m not proud about that conniving reveal about myself. On my 50th birthday, my precious and adoring…