Category Archives: Devotions

Top Post of All Time

I know many other bloggers do this occasionally — pull out posts from their archives or look at the search terms used to find their blogs. Well, for me the top post is related to the search term
The most viewed post on this blog was posted over 2 years ago simply titled Matthew [...]

Equipping the Called

I’m going on memory here, which is flawed most of the time There’s a quote I keep coming across here and there. I’m not sure who originated it, but I know Lysa TerKeurst shares it a lot — so she may be the one who came up with it.
God does not call the equipped. [...]

Dizzy From Spinning My Wheels

I know y’all have at one time or another spun around in a circle until you fell on your bee-hind dizzy. That’s how I have felt for awhile now — except I feel like I’ve been spinning for several months.
I am a writer. I determined (almost a full year ago) God was calling me to [...]

“Do you have a death wish?”

I’d recently shared with a school mom about my motorcycle. She looked at me like I’d grown a third eye in my forehead and asked, “do you have a death wish?”
My immediate answer to her then wasn’t all that smooth. I grinned and said, “yeah, I do. I know I’m going to Heaven, so why [...]

Potty Prayers: A Mother’s Saving Grace

Lysa TerKeurst has stirred up some creative juices with her blog post “A Chance for You to Get Published.” If you have an article you would like to submit for consideration, hop over there and leave a comment. Here’s my article (never been published). Please leave me a comment sharing your thoughts on it — [...]

Don’t miss the point

Yesterday I posted a confession of sorts. Last night Doodle spent the night at Grandma’s so this morning I had some “me” time. I really didn’t know what to do with it. I was stressing about all the stuff around the house that I could be working on, but I sat down with my Bible.
Not [...]

Life is …

a cycle. I go round and round and round. I think I learn something. Then I come back to the same spot, asking the same questions — yet again.
My Genius Better Half has great patience with me. He notices my cycles and just calmly tells me the same thing he told me last time I [...]

Consistency is the key

My GBH (Genius Better Half) says that to me all the time — consistency is the key. Consistent work outs are better than not moving at all. Consistent speed down the road will get you there just as quick as speeding to stop. Well, I had decided that I would go workout on Mondays, Wednesdays [...]

Thankful Thursday

Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity has a massive Thankful Thursday post. Definitely check hers out today!

I am thankful for the blessings I’ve gotten in the past 2 weeks which have stemmed from the last Thankful Thursday I posted about Bertha Mae. I have gotten a copy of her singing and her testimony which was shared [...]

Thankful Thursday

Thanks to Heather @ Desperately Seeking Sanity, I am posting another Thankful Thursday list.
Today has been a long day but a good day. We went to a funeral this afternoon to celebrate the life of Bertha Mae Jones. She was our church’s “Amen Lady.”  I am most thankful today that God gave us about 3 [...]