Archive for October, 2014

The One God Kept for Me.

This song was on my heart this morning as I prayed for my Single Sisters.  The lyrics say: The one I’ve waited for /My love’s design /The one He kept for me /Until it was time The one that I dreamed about /The one I can’t live without /The one He kept for me /Until it was time I put my hand in yours /Now and forevermore /Just put your faith in me /I will be all that you need I’d pray and wait for you /So patiently /And now He’s blessed our love /For eternity The one I was praying for /The one…

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We Have Issues

Here is the truth: we have issues.  Our yard is not perfect!  In our lawn there are patches where rocks have assembled themselves and decided to protest the greenery that used to reside there.  The rocks won – in two little places.  One patch forms an oblong oval and the other   little circle has sprouts of grass reminiscent of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree.  Both patches are ugly and take away from the overall look of the otherwise nice lawn (which my husband and father planted all on their own.)  Because of these two patches we have had to…

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Do you know my Daddy?

I was helping a new student get registered for a test.  I asked the usual questions starting with, “What is your name?”  When she responded, her last name was a very uncommon one that was the same of one of our family friends.  I asked her, half jokingly, was she related to a couple of the people in that family.  Her face changed, she locked her eyes into mine.  “Oh my God!  That’s my father.  Do you know him?”  Then she started to cry as she explained to me that she had never met him, but desperately wanted to get…

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The Road to Marriages that Last

Matthew 7:13 – 14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” This verse has been on my heart so much lately.  I was thinking about it in terms of marriage.   The divorce rates in this country are widely publicized as more than 50% of all marriages in America end up in divorce, but yet the wedding industry is booming.  1/2 of marriage fail the…

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Is She In Too Deep?

Is She In Too Deep?

Would you let her drown?  Would you seriously just let her drown without even trying to save her? I’ve been to the ocean and nothing troubles me more than to be in what I consider to be “safe waters” and a large wave comes and sweeps me up in its path and delivers me to sand I never intended to touch.  I can’t stand the uncertainty of the water, so I make sure I stay in a place that, as far as I can tell,  is safe for me and I can handle it. A while ago, I was at…

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FUNERAL FUNNIES

FUNERAL FUNNIES

This kind of stuff only happens to me. One of my former students lost his mom.  When I heard about the arrangements for the funeral, I knew that I wanted to take chicken for the repast.  Chicken is my favorite thing to bring!  I don’t know why.  Maybe because it’s my favorite thing to eat. ( I just thought you should know that about me.)  Anyway I got to the funeral a little late.  I could tell it was packed inside because there was seriously no place to park.  Cars were everywhere!  I finally found a place and I walked…

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Love Yourself Right Where You Are

The best way to improve or make a life change is to love yourself right where you are.  You have to see your beauty to build on it, or every improvement will be a mask.  You have to embrace your body to transform it or every attempt will be unsuccessful.  You have to love your heart to want to see it healed, or every relationship will be a band-aid not a stitch (a cover not an aid to healing) Right where you are you are in perfect shape to move forward.  Right where you stand you can love yourself enough…

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The Bridge to Becoming Brave

The Bridge to Becoming Brave:  How to Confront Fear with Faith  I would have never described myself as brave.  I’m a calculated risk kind of girl.  I make plans.  I can be flexible, but very rarely would I say that I do things that require bravery.   I just couldn’t see myself as brave. An opportunity came about on our one day of sight seeing while I was in Ireland on a mission trip with my church.  During a briefing for the next day the lead pastor of the church we were working with asked, “How many of you are…

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