men 101
Want to experience a happier relationship with the man in your life? Well, hear this: Your LOVE is not enough for him! Your RESPECT is really what he is after. When polled, men would rather feel alone and unloved than inadequate and disrespected. (It is the opposite for women. Most women would put up with feeling inadequate and disrespected over feeling alone and unloved!) While men and women are created equally, and made to be partners that sail through life together, we are
provision
Ay yi yi! Snow! Work! Kids! (Dare I even say it…?) LENT!!! Over Valentine’s day!? (Whose big idea was that?) Really Lord? I’m being stretttttched and strettttched beyond what I think is reasonable. I often want to say… “Hello up there! Do you see me? Do you even care?” And then… I see this... little birdie tracks in the snow. What beautiful reminders of the Father’s love and provision for even the tiniest of His creations. Suddenly my “What about me???” melts into the realiza
stripped
Lent is BRILLIANT! It is God's "juice cleanse for the soul!" It's a wonderful time to look in the spiritual mirror and see what needs work. It is a time for stripping away all that is unnecessary. I have found the best questions to ask myself during Lent are these: "What in my life is keeping me from loving and relying on God more?" “What am I turning to instead of God to meet my needs?” “When I am low, what do I reach for?” Lent is a time for voluntarily placing perimeters a
packin' the bags
Packin’ the bags...again and again and again! I’ve packed so many bags for my family you would think I was a professional packer--backpacks, lunch packs, book bags, purses, suitcases, camp trunks, laundry bags, trash bags, brown bags, designer bags, big bags, small bags-- you name it...I’ve packed it! Way more than once! But the question is...have I packed the MOST IMPORTANT BAG OF ALL? Have I packed The Spiritual Bag? What are the “SPIRITUAL ESSENTIALS” that need to be packe
