It’s Palm Sunday and Here He Comes!
This day kicks off Holy Week and the recollection of the final week of our Lord to the cross and His resurrection. Today, churches will celebrate in different ways. Some will simply acknowledge it, or not, while others make a big deal about it. At some churches, the people meet and process around the outside…
Thanksgiving Starts With “Thank You”!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my wonderful social media friends and family. THANK YOU for your encouragement to me and being a bright light that brightens our world with God’s love. All over our country, turkeys are in the oven or will soon get there while all the other delicacies are readied for their family’s celebration…
Running our Races with Purpose
It’s been almost ten years since our eleven children and grands along with about twenty others ran or walked with us in Tulsa’s Route 66 Marathon to honor my husband who had graduated to heaven the Tuesday before. That Sunday morning we wore our red “Run for Ron” t-shirts. It had all been planned before…
He Goes Above and Beyond
Yesterday, I spoke about the “exceeding abundantly” greatness of God. He goes above and beyond all we could ask or think – when we move out of the way – and let Him step into lives. I’ll tell you some more of those times in ours. Our daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a…
A Filet Knife Can Sure Slice and Dice
All that blood! On our fishing trips, I am the designated cook. It’s my pleasure. I love rustling in all the fisher-people for their next chow-down. My son, Larry, is the fish-filet-er. He uses the sharpest filet knife to get the perfect, boneless filets for our big fish-fry. It was that knife that was laying…
That Annoying Fly and Our First Line of Defense
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…
God’s Three Answers to Your Prayers
Years ago, I fell down a flight of stairs — 12 steps from top to bottom…..on MY bottom. I felt like a compressed-together accordion. I had a serious back injury and lived in pain, even after many chiropractic and medical treatments. For years we prayed for my healing. We moved to Shawnee, OK, where we…
What’s Your Story?
I attended an event where one of the men at our table told how he knew he had been touched by God two years’ ago, and though he is still waiting for a liver transplant, he’s telling his story to young people of how he abused his body with alcohol and medications. No doubt, his…
Valentine’s Day — February 14, 2004
Day 14 in this Month of Love — Valentine’s Day — February 14, 2004 As usual on Valentine’s, my husband, Ron, took my Mom the single rose in a vase and her favorite box of chocolates. Mom had been living at the Grace Living Center in Jenks, OK for four and a half months because…
YOU Talk Too Much!!
Have you ever “let the cat out of the bag” or “put your foot in your mouth” or, quite frankly, just talked too much? I have. I’ve slipped up trying to put on a surprise party or in keeping some other kind of secret. I pray this often: “Set a guard, O Lord, over my…