Peace In Everyday Places

Good morning... After writing yesterday's post about 2025 trips being led my husband, Steve, I received the perfect follow up. "I will always treasure the memory of my trip to Israel with Steve the year after my Mother went to heaven," she wrote. "It was not only a learning experience but a healing one that God provided." "Now [...]

By |2025-02-04T08:41:09-05:00February 4th, 2025|Everyday life, Gratitude, Peace, Trust God|

The Setting Of A Life

Good morning... Yesterday's rain provided the perfect backdrop. Drizzly. Dreary. Grey. With gratitude for the weepy sky, I drove to be with my friend and her actively dying husband. We enjoyed a sacred visit. Our eyes bonded briefly, he and me, and loving energy was exchanged. Then his eyelids softly closed, as he drifted back to sleep. One [...]

By |2025-01-28T02:42:12-05:00January 28th, 2025|Abundance, Death And Resurrection, Family and Friends, Gratitude, Trust God|

Beautiful/Terrible Holidays

Good morning... Her text came in after I had climbed in bed last night. Now I wake in the middle of the night to read her words. "Happy New Year, Sue!" she wrote. "It has been a whirlwind with joys and sorrows, once again, at the same time. We are blessed with so many loving family members. The [...]

By |2025-01-03T01:31:04-05:00January 3rd, 2025|Everyday life, God's Word, Gratitude, Imperfection, Joy|

Our Emotions Spread

Good morning... A fun poem I met earlier in the week came to life at the PAWkids Christmas party. As a complete surprise, I was presented with a dozen red roses from the After-School Program Director. She was thanking me for all of the incredible Christmas bags our Northside Church women shared with the families of Grove Park, [...]

By |2024-12-23T08:32:08-05:00December 23rd, 2024|Community, God's Plan, Gratitude, Joy, Organic Growth|

An Unexpected Arrival

Good morning... The notification of her Gratitude Gift unexpectedly arrived. "Thank you for all the wisdom you have shared all these years!" she added in her note. "Beautiful! Merry Christmas!" Her kind gift spurred me to remind you that, in order to bring to you our free daily blog, we depend on your financial support. If you feel [...]

By |2024-12-13T07:55:16-05:00December 13th, 2024|Community, Everyday life, God's Timing, Gratitude|

Generosity Grows Gifts

Good morning... In mid November, our Mission Circle gathered at Northside Church to donate items and assemble Thanksgiving boxes for twenty-three of the food-insecure families at Sutton Middle School. After loading up the truck and driving the Thanksgiving meals across the street to the school, I received a text from one of the group leaders. [...]

By |2024-12-04T02:35:55-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Community, God's Love, Gratitude, Joy|

Savor Memorable Moments

Good morning... As we savor memorable moments from this holiday week, what experiences will leave a lasting mark? Unexpected joys. Life-shaping conversations. Painful realizations. Leftover feelings. Learning to love through whatever "is" allows us to process our part in this mystery called life. To savor means to enjoy the full flavor of something, especially by digesting every ounce [...]

By |2024-11-30T10:11:56-05:00November 30th, 2024|Everyday life, Family and Friends, Gratitude, Trust God|

In Grief And Gratitude

Good morning... A short poem greets me in the middle of this full-bellied night. ****** One on Thanksgiving one hand opens in grief the other in gratitude pressing them together to pray —Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer ****** All across the globe, we open one hand in grief, missing those missing from our homes. Our other hand holds gratitude for [...]

By |2024-11-30T10:23:37-05:00November 29th, 2024|Everyday life, Family and Friends, Gratitude, Grief|

Feeling Uncomfortable?

Good morning... On a last minute walk yesterday, a friend shared with me the quote above. "God will take you where you hadn't intended to go in order to produce in you what you could not achieve on your own. It's uncomfortable, but it's grace." A few minutes later, we noticed a spider dangling precariously close to the [...]

By |2024-11-28T04:01:58-05:00November 28th, 2024|Anxiety, Everyday life, God's Love, Gratitude|

A Puppy And A Sunset

Good morning... Two tiny pounds. The smallest puppy I ever snuggled weighed two tiny pounds. Yesterday, our finger-to-fur time was free, and his soft little licks were precious, just precious. And puppy breath, wow, it's one of the best scents on earth. Fitting in the palm of my hand, this new creature of God was a source of [...]

By |2024-11-26T02:30:13-05:00November 26th, 2024|Everyday life, Gratitude, Joy, Trust God|
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