Holding On in Hope
It’s been almost 5 years since my stroke, and there’s still a lot of residual effects/disabilities from it, both in my brain and physically too. I’ll have a few days …
Connecting Some Dots on Eating
My parents recently visited from Indiana. They stayed about a week. I was just coming off what I thought was a flu bug. Turns out it was something a little …
The Big Meanie in the Sky?
The movie The Shack has been a recent encouragement to me spiritually. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. I know there’s a lot of doctrinal debate about …
A Flaming Sword of Love
Recently, I found myself thanking the Lord for the Flaming Sword. You know… the one that guards the way to Eden and the tree of Life in Genesis 3. When …
Stroke Update: Glory Shining on My Autumn
Fall is my most favorite time of year… and my least favorite. As the holidays approach, the recollections and flashbacks of my stroke are forceful, and re-living it again from …
Chocolate Blessings
It was grocery day. Not sure why, but I said a lil prayer before we left, asking the Lord to make us a blessing to someone as we were out …
Living With Chronic Pain
My foot’s been bothering me. My stroke foot. “Stumpy” we used to call it for several months after my stroke. It’s been 3 years and going-on-8 months. And it still …
The Muck & Mire of Emotions
I get in these jags from time to time where I’m just fighting my circumstances. I’m tired of being disabled. Tired of hurting every. single. day. All. day. Tired of …
Thoughts on Forgiveness
Snarky. Is that a word? It must be cuz it keeps going thru my head. I’ve had such a hard time controlling my thoughts lately. You know the story. Old friends. …
Proverbs and Health, What if?
A while back, I was reading thru the book of Proverbs and sharing some of those verses on FB. It’s amazing how much God speaks about health and our physical …
God’s Take on Health Food
Does God want us to eat healthy? I’ve been asking the Lord off and on about that question for a while now. I’ll be honest. I first asked the question …
Softening our Hearts by Loosening our Control
Not long ago my kids were having struggles with their kid. The topic was homeschooling. He wouldn’t do what he was supposed to do. They saw the problem wasn’t school, …
Emotions, Who’s Ruling?
When I had my stroke, I kept telling the physical therapy people that I felt like I was tipping over. I wasn’t really. But it felt like it. The muscles …
Suffering is a Gift
There’s far more to this life than trusting in Christ. There’s also suffering for him. And the suffering is as much a gift as the trusting. Philippians 1:35 (The Message …
Freedom from Fear: Finding Me
I’ve been thinking lately about the fear of death. Jesus became flesh and blood to save me from the fear of death. Heb 2. I’ve been thinking about how that’s …
Children’s Simple Christmas Story
Children’s Simple Christmas Story by Mary Beth Wine Once upon a time there were 4 little boys. The oldest was named Jason. (names have been changed to protect the innocent. …