Word Curses

This week it has come to my attention, I believe from the Holy Spirit, that I have been speaking some word curses over myself in my homemaking tasks. Maybe you have never heard of that term. We don’t really use that word in church or in sermons. Word Curses. Where did I ever get that?Continue reading “Word Curses”

Extra Tough Things

I needed some new rubber boots. You see, I do a lot of gardening. I walk through out winter creek. There are puddles everywhere and tall wet grass. I need boots that don’t leak and boots that are tall. My husband got some new boots and every time we went outside he would say, “IContinue reading “Extra Tough Things”

God Cares…

When did this unusual prompt from the Lord start? Well, it was from my sermon notes. I take sermon notes and pray for our congregation at 7am each morning that I can. I trust that the preaching pastor has already prayed, “Lord, what do you want to speak and say to this congregation?” So IContinue reading “God Cares…”

She’s so mad at me!

Have you ever had someone really mad at you? Angry enough to avoid you? Annoyed, displeased and irritated enough to completely ignore you as they pass by you–even though that person has been a pretty close friend or relative. If we live long on this earth, I believe it will happen to each one ofContinue reading “She’s so mad at me!”

Betrayal

Last week was a tough week for me. The title of this blog says it all. We went through a trial that felt like betrayal. The ones we trusted were friends, who enjoyed our home hospitality, who we spent close quarters with, who we collaborated and prayed together with, these friends angrily left us withContinue reading “Betrayal”

Affirmations & the Secret Place Power

Don’t you just enjoy it so much when you get an affirmations from someone who knows you well? An affirmation is: Yes! It feels so good to be affirmed by someone we have a long standing relationship with. Recently I got three affirmations from the One who knows me best! I was so encouraged andContinue reading “Affirmations & the Secret Place Power”

Who are you relying on?

Have you ever thought of the concept of self-reliance? I haven’t until recently. One of the pillars of the culture of the United States is self-reliance and individualism–the self-made man. How did I get started thinking about self-reliance? Well it was a prompt from the Lord. It came in a dream. Now maybe, for you,Continue reading “Who are you relying on?”

More About Prayer

My dad only went to 8th grade in public education in Wales. Yet his remembrance was not of shame but “he was good at math”. His teachers all praised him for that. My husband went through two years university physics/math courses–he understood mathematics. My kids never balked at math courses. Me? I always got ‘A’Continue reading “More About Prayer”

Coffee Parables!

Jesus taught the people in parables. That’s what the gospels say. My dear husband has taken that to heart and he teaches his weekly coffee clatch guys in parables, well, he calls them ‘metaphors’. Life lessons, based on God’s Word, that relate to daily happenings. I shared part one of his Mr. Coffee Bean onContinue reading “Coffee Parables!”

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