Letting Go To Grow
Good morning... At times, we must let go to grow. This fact is hard but true, we need to let go of much loved people and priorities all along life's way. Growth can be the byproduct of making difficult decisions. Recently, my fourteen year old son learned this tough truth personally. After going to summer camp for the past six years, he decided to withdraw from the Leader In Training (LIT) junior counselor program. [...]
God’s Descending And Ascending Way
Good morning... My friend shared her request, "I am praying that God will break me out of this downward spiral." I ponder her concern, lifting it to God, and I am drawn to page 176 in The Hidden Life to deepen and widen my prayer for my friend. Betty Skinner, my now ninety year old friend, explains: "Year after year, I sat there and pondered all that God was teaching me. I sat there [...]
Fear And Anger Turn To Joy
Good morning... God is able to communicate with us on multiple levels every single day. After I posted yesterday's blog in the middle of the night, "The gift of the gold finch," I saw several of gold finches while on my 9:00 am walk with a friend to and from the horse farm. Walking round and round the familiar trail several times a week, I always see lots of blue birds, lots of cardinals, [...]
The Gift Of The Gold Finch
Good morning... She is becoming more aware of the blessings bestowed by her cancer. My friend wrote: "In this time, I do find myself noticing and listening to the birds in the trees off my bedroom balcony more. The feeder my husband keeps full has surprisingly been filled with yellow finches all week. (She told me later she has never before seen a gold finch out her bedroom window.) And I read this about [...]
The Gift Of The Gold Finch
Good morning... She is becoming more aware of the blessings bestowed by her cancer. My friend wrote: "In this time, I do find myself noticing and listening to the birds in the trees off my bedroom balcony more. The feeder my husband keeps full has surprisingly been filled with yellow finches all week. (She told me later she has never before seen a gold finch out her bedroom window.) And I read this about [...]
Huge, Hard Adjustments
Good morning... I am learning by experience that when I am centered in God's will for me at any given moment, I feel peace. Time evaporates. Life takes on an effortless quality, a tangible experience of being supernaturally carried. As I sat beside my friend's bed following her second chemo treatment, I felt centered in God's will for me for those precious hours. Enjoying the presence of her three doting dogs and catching my [...]
Singing In The Dark
Good morning... When I am stirred from sleep in the wee hours of the night, I wake our nine pound dog sleeping beside us. After she turns over and I rub her belly a bit, I climb out of bed, inviting Gracie to join me. When I set her onto the floor, her tiny toe nails clip, clip, clip to the door and she lets me know she needs to go outside. Trotting down [...]
A “God Moment”
Good morning... Listen to this story of God showing up in a nearby neighborhood. A friend in our "sue2you" community wrote me the following email recently. "Hi Sue, I wanted to share a 'God's moment' with you. On Tuesday, my cousin's close friend posted on Facebook that she was asking for prayers because she was going through a very difficult time. I won't go into the details, but all have been very concerned about [...]
A Miracle Caught On Video
Good morning... I have been praying for her daughter for over three years now. Every Sunday, her daughter's name is read aloud at church during our collective time of prayer, and, often throughout the week, the Spirit nudges me to pray for this young woman I have never met. Her daughter, who is battling cancer, is a forever friend of our pastor's daughter, so he deeply loves this woman's daughter, a young wife and [...]
Keep Calm In Our Crazy World
Good morning... I spent last evening in the living room of my friend, sitting barefoot and cross-legged beneath a blanket in her cozy chair. I enjoyed the privilege of being a guest facilitator for the Bible study she and another friend lead with a special circle of faithful women in their twenties. I admire the commitment of these young women, who make time each week after their long work days to nestle into this [...]
Our Teeming Inner Life
Good morning... I met a soulmate through our "sue2you" blog. Many of the words God crafts through me in the wee hours resonate with her, offering her a companion to connect with at her deepest, darkest levels. We all have them, don't we? Deep, dark levels. Like the ocean floor of ourselves, our soul is teeming with unseen life. There is a colorful, fascinating underwater world alive within each of us. But who gives [...]