Who Am I?

A number of Pastors are teaching on this subject right now – I love when God speaks through many voices!  This post was originally published under a my former blog in July 2011, but the question is just as relevant today.  Enjoy! I love going to flea markets and yard sales, finding something unique, and then trying out my negotiating skills!  It’s so exhilarating to score a … Continue reading Who Am I?

Who Cares

One of the more recent additions to my ever-growing audio/video message library is entitled “Who Cares, Living Free From the Weight of Worry” by Jeremy Pearsons of Kenneth Copeland Ministries.    Jeremy does a fabulous job in bring home the simple yet profound truth that once we really know how deeply and completely we are loved by God, fear looses it’s power over us! Somewhere within the … Continue reading Who Cares

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The Valley of Dry Bones and Failures

Do you have a ‘valley of dry bones’ in your life?    Passions and aspirations that once inspired you but are now dead and decomposed, their sun-bleached bones discarded into the dump heap? I do!  Over the years, I’ve had many hopes and dreams that seem to come for a season (nearly overtaking me in their power and all-consuming passion), only to fade away into nothingness over time. Sometimes … Continue reading The Valley of Dry Bones and Failures

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Tethered to hope

HOPE:  a) to wish for something with expectation,  b) a desire accompanied by confident expectation. I started blogging about 3 years ago and was greatly enjoying posting hope-filled blogs in which I shared my testimony, a few funny stories, and talked through challenges faced.  But then I got too busy with other things for regular posting.  I let my hope-filled blogging slip, and that wasn’t the … Continue reading Tethered to hope

Staying Positive In Difficult Times

This post was originally published under an older blog of mine in July 2011, just one month before I received a new job offer! Funny thing is that those very lessons I was learning back then (about guarding my thoughts and minding my tongue) are just as important today as they were then.  I enjoyed reading this again, as though for the first time.  I … Continue reading Staying Positive In Difficult Times