The Difference A Day Makes

The Difference A Day Makes

My eyes pricked with tears. I sang the doxology aloud by myself in the stillness of my empty home, save the cats and dog who eyed me in curiosity. “Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Yesterday…

Love the Sinners

Love the Sinners

I recently started a new job in a field I’ve never worked in before. They hired me based on my abilities in customer service, so the rest of the job definitely has a high learning curve. But I’ve gotten some interesting insights into people through observing customers and coworkers alike.   There’s the coworker who…

Running Our Race

Running Our Race

Do you ever get a verse stuck in your head? This happens to me all the time! I’ll read a passage in the Bible, and a phrase or a few sentences will captivate me. They’ll dominate my thinking, and I’ll camp out in that same chapter for days or weeks, just savoring that portion of…

Cast Your Care

Cast Your Care

Every one of us has cares. We have them in all ways and types. We carry these cares in our minds, souls, and emotions. We have the cares of worry, finances, health, the future, the past, our pain, friends, jobs, careers, life in general and much, much more. I don’t know about you but sometimes…

5 Prayers For Graduates

5 Prayers For Graduates

A few underclass band students softly played “Pomp and Circumstance” as I joined the crowd of nervous parents and beaming grandparents filling the bleachers. The high school graduation planning committee spent countless painstaking hours putting together a lovely slideshow for us to enjoy until our young-adult children filed in to grace the matrix of folding…

Summer Stress

Summer Stress

This summer I have been pretty short fused when it comes to my children. I work from home, so during the school year I have eight hours a day all to myself. That’s eight hours of quiet time. Eight hours where I decide how to spend my time. Queue the end of the school year…