Good morning... A really wise friend who I admire profusely sent me a very honest article. "Great message today Sue!" she emailed me after yesterday's blog post After A Stormy Day. "Saw this last night - similar idea." I felt relieved, hopeful and energized after reading the following words. ****** If you can't take in anymore, there's a [...]
Good morning... Yesterday was a stormy day for many of us. Chaos, injury, and death in Afghanistan. COVID patients crowding our hospital beds. The ugly affects of gun violence and suicide bombers, Alzheimers and ALS, cancer and rare diseases ravaging the lives of people we love. Yesterday was a really hard, stormy day for many of us. Somehow [...]
Good morning... I drove to Grayton Beach, Florida for a planning time with Kitty Crenshaw and Cathy Snapp as we prepare for our November 6th Awake To Wholeness Women's Retreat at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta. As I have said previously, "Please save the date." And now I can add, "Yes," we are working on a [...]
Good morning... This week, I happened across this verse of the day on Biblegateway.com. When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy (Psalm 94:18-19, NIV). It's kinda like a much-needed oil change. Isn't it? The fearful foot-slipping sensation is exchanged for the [...]
Good morning... When I returned from speaking at the Lovett Moms In Prayer kick-off yesterday morning, I came home pondering, "God, what were You really trying to say through me?" As I prayerfully processed a smattering of thoughts, I deepened down into the roots beneath the talk I had just given to a room full of hopeful moms [...]
Good morning... With summer tipping into fall, my husband and I went to the first high school football game of the season. Lights. Crowds. A buzzing excitement. I could not help but snap a photo of the exuberance of heaven pouring into the ruggedness of earth. Earth feels really rugged right now. There are a lot of rough [...]
Good morning... "This reminded me of your post today:)," a friend texted me the image above after yesterday's post Do You Feel It In Your Bones? Falcon. Friendship. Freedom. An earlier writing from Christian mystic Betty Skinner about dying on a rainy day. Looking up Psalm 19:14 beside the caption "Oh Lord, My Rock," I share the heartfelt [...]
Good morning... Rescued people are my favorite breed of cat. I really relate with those who have felt lost, lonely, shipwrecked, those who have cried out to God from their innermost being, "Rescue me from the swamp. Don’t let me go under for good. Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy. This whirlpool is sucking me [...]
Good morning... After a morning of yard work, I sat on the couch to relax for a moment. A new-to-me music video reached out from our TV. I had never heard of this music group and had never experienced this inviting song - until this ordinary Saturday afternoon. Brought alive in a gentle embrace, together we are mysteriously [...]
Good morning... "Hey sweet and wise Sue," she wrote. "I’m catching up on my emails from yesterday and ironically saw your post “Surviving the Teen Years”....and it was as if God told you to write that for me!" "I’m in the THICK of it with my oldest daughter," she explained. "My sweet girl has faced so much rejection [...]
