I sat by her bed. Her hand swollen…full…unmoving. Feet that danced just a few weeks ago now stilled. Arms that lifted just a short time ago now limp. Words that spilled easily just a moment ago now haulted. How could life seep away so quickly, right before my eyes? Mom was ready. But I wasn’t. […]
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What To Do When Your Rooster Crows
I sat on my back porch, wrapped in my fuzzy worn robe—the one that’s twenty years old that I just can’t seem to get rid of. The birch trees waved “good morning,” and the newly planted gerbera daisies stretched their faces to the sun…just a bit higher than the day before. Then I heard him. […]
Do You Feel Stuck?
That’s exactly the quandary I found myself stuck in several years ago. After I had gone to college for two years, I returned to my hometown to work as a dental hygienist. But the following spring, I felt a tug to return to college and continue my education. I prayed and looked into various […]
Getting Out of God’s Way
He ironed. I watched. I stood in the door frame of my guest room, watching my nephew, Jonathan, iron the wrinkles out of his crumpled shirt – the rumpled creases out of his crumpled heart. He ironed and talked. I watched and listened. Jonathan, my twenty-seven-year-old nephew, stopped by for a visit on his […]
What To Do With a Broken Dream
I’ve been thinking about broken dreams lately. We’ve all got them. Just different ones. So what are you going to do with yours? [tweetherder]Could it be that God is waiting for you to give Him the broken pieces of your shattered dreams so that He can make a beautiful mosaic from them?[/tweetherder] Could it […]
S & H Greenback Store Redemption
(Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.localhost/sjold, please do it today…and invite all your friends. We’re going to have more give-a-ways, more personal interaction, and more inspiration than ever before! Now, […]
Get Real
(Beginning August 1, the content of my blog will be completely different from the Girlfriends in God devotions. So if you are not signed up for my blog at www.localhost/sjold, please do it today…and invite all your friends. We’re going to have more give-a-ways, more personal interaction, and more inspiration than ever before! Now, on […]
Getting the Scoop
Grab a cup of coffee. Pull up a chair. And listen to my interview with Lisa Buffalo on Living Joyfully Free radio. Oh, and you might want to grab a few Kleenex. Just click on the picture to listen. I’d love for you to come back and share your comments. Can you relate? Did […]
Watch Your Steps
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit, (Galatians 5:16, 25 NKJV). Rachel and I sat on weatherworn steps leading down to a pristine beach. We had a front row seat as the morning […]
Tearing Up the Scorecards
Love is patient, love is kind…it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs, (1 Corinthians 13:4-5, NIV). She was at it again. Mrs. Barnett was getting out the scorecards and tallying up the points. I sat with an older woman as she began enumerating her family’s shortcomings. […]
