5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Will you build a house for me to live in? 6 From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until now I have not lived in a house. I have been moving around all this time with a…
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Anxiety. We all deal with it on some level, possibly daily. It’s what happens to us when our perceived ability to control our own lives, our own little kingdoms diminish or fall. Moving. Just writing the word stirs up anxiety in the core of my being. My husband and I…
Read moreTears coursed down her cheeks as she told me the story. Many years had passed, but the memory was as fresh as today. Her Mother had fought valiantly against the cancer that consumed her body, but it was clear the battle was nearly over. She lay on a hospital bed…
Read moreMy sister has a self-imposed rule. Any time she brings something new into the house, she gets rid of something. This enables her to keep a tidy, clean, uncluttered home. It’s a great rule, and I have tried it myself, with mixed success. I was thinking about this when gardening…
Read moreI hated exercise in seventh grade. I hate it now. It is one of the great ironies of life for me that the class I hated most in school is the one I must continue. I was a “lefty” and a klutz, the last one picked for a team. So…
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