To Encourage, Uplift and Inspire
My oldest grandbaby turns 16 years old tomorrow. 16!! How on earth did that happen? Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was 16? Then suddenly my boys were 16 and I thought the world was spinning too fast and needed to slow down. But my grandbaby? That’s just not possible or even remotely right. This is the child who gave…
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One of my favorite things to do is share stories God has given me with others. I feel pretty blessed in that I can do it through writing, singing and speaking. A few months ago I was asked to speak at a women’s retreat. The theme was revival and renewal. During one of the sessions, I shared the story of…
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It’s a beautiful day here in Southern California. We had just enough rain to clean the dust off my plants and the sky is the most amazing, brilliant blue! I have just come in from my garden after taking a few pictures. The colors are so incredibly vibrant, I feel compelled to share the beauty of it with the rest…
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Back in January, my church went through a series about prayer. We devoted 21 days to prayer and different aspects of it. They asked if I’d write a devotional for one of the days so of course I said yes! I thought I would share what I wrote and hopefully inspire us all to remember to pray for our community,…
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Have you ever had “just one of those days?” You know the kind I’m talking about, don’t you? You wake up late because you set your alarm for PM rather than AM. You spill coffee all over the front of your shirt as you head out the door. You have just enough gas in your car to make it to…
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I originally wrote this story three years ago. As I was looking at my garden from my office window this week, I watched this beautiful monarch butterfly float back and forth across my yard. It was so busy, landing on this flower and then another. At one point, it rested on one of the butterfly bush blooms. It didn’t move…
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