“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God,…
Read moreThere is a lovely scene in the movie “Out of Africa” where Robert Redford and Meryl Streep are sitting in front of the fireplace in her home. The fire, the only light in the comfortable room, dances and crackles. He looks at her and asks her, the weaver of…
Read moreThese past several weeks I have felt like the picture on the left. Of course most everyone else saw the person on the right; most of us are great at putting on a “face” when others are around. I say most everyone else because unfortunately my husband saw the…
Read moreOne thing that my Mom always taught me is no matter what you do, do it well. But to be honest with you, sometimes doing it “well” is not what I feel like doing. Sometimes I feel tired. Sometimes I feel unworthy. Sometimes I just want to give up. Sometimes…
Read more“When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you…
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