Tag: joyful

Let’s Keep Playing

Isn’t it easy for the ho-humness demands of daily life to take us to the town of Grumpydom! Well, not on my watch! I’m steering clear of that dreary place! You’ll find me on the joy-of-life express, and I want you to hop aboard with me. So many folks are caught up in the humdrum…

By Donna Wuerch Noble July 1, 2024 Off

Contented

It is wonderful to wake up in my bed after several days in Lubbock TX. I was given a full blown tour of my husband’s beloved Texas Tech campus, enjoyed meals with his family and friends, and attended his dear friend’s memorial service. Thanks be to God for home! Home sweet home. There’s no place…

By Donna Wuerch Noble March 23, 2024 Off

Because You Deserve to Be Happy

That was the “subject” on my email from Ulta yesterday morning. It jumped out at me. That word, “deserve”, says it all. We live in a self-gratification, self-centered, self-entitlement, and selfie world. I get it! We all want to be happy. Isn’t that the greatest goal in life? I loved Bobby Ferrin’s upbeat, reggae song,…

By Donna Wuerch Noble September 7, 2018 Off

Look What the Lord Has Done!

My best laid plans were to be in Tulsa this weekend for a very special event, my godson’s little sister’s First Communion and then yesterday, to attend my godson’s swim meet. God wasn’t surprised by me having to cancel because of the flu that literally slowed me down to a snail’s pace for the last…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 25, 2017 Off

Bah Humbug or Good News of Great Joy

“Bah Humbug” is an expression used to show disgust at the Christmas season, made famous by Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel ‘A Christmas Carol’. Ever had that “Bah Humbug” feeling? With all the “Joy to the World”, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and all the other songs of goodwill and glad tidings…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 13, 2016 Off

Joy to the World

What makes us all so much more joyful this time of year than any other time? Could it be that the angel’s message to the shepherds holds true today? “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of GREAT JOY!” The good news. Christ is that good news that no matter how dismal everything…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 9, 2016 Off

Break Free of That Cocoon

I’ve been through some painful seasons when it felt like God had a deaf ear to my heart cries. The seasons of financial concerns, children’s illnesses, broken relationships, disappointments, family deaths – including, my own precious husband’s passing. I was in the cocoon during those times – going through what seemed to be, personal death,…

By Donna Wuerch Noble April 1, 2014 Off