General Blog Posts
Strengthening marriage means spending time together. During our 30 years of marriage, my husband and I have not kept the same shift. Most people (83.2 percent) work between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. For part of our marriage he was among the estimated 4.6 percent of the workforce working second shift, and during another part,…
Rejection is a societal cancer running rampant in the world while acceptance is the balm we all seek. To reject is to refuse to accept, to refuse to make use of, to refuse to believe in. People can choose to reject others for anything: too thin, too fat; too rich, too poor; too old, too…
Our Plymouth Grand Voyager had over 200,000 miles on it when we took it to the salvage yard because its aging ailments were starting to border on dangerous, and we didn’t feel it wise to stick any more money into it. We purchased the van new when our son Isaac was a few weeks old…
Staying focused is key to not losing our peace, whether we’re following in traffic or walking in faith. Whenever I have to follow my husband in traffic—usually when I don’t know where we are going so I have a fear of losing him—I become very intent on keeping my eye on him. This isn’t as…
My Smartphone loves me and wants to help. It alerts me about the weather, encourages me to exercise, and keeps me from getting lost when I travel. She is persistent, and she never forgets. Never. Now take my walking goal, for example. I just wanted to track my steps when I take a walk, but…
Sometimes I’ve gotten the impression that my gift or talent doesn’t count much in church. I’ve even thought that maybe I didn’t have any to offer because mine was so different from the majority. That isn’t true, of course. Believing such a lie can lead to discouragement and depression. I have discovered that sharing our…
Within a week of writing last week’s blog, some interesting and exciting events occurred. God is speaking and directing in our lives. Let me explain what happened. After feeling discouraged and questioning myself for a while, I awoke that Sunday with an idea to write about the many gifts and talents the Lord provides for…
I tend to overthink and cause myself more stress than necessary when making a decision. I procrastinate because of my fear of making a mistake. It’s annoying since I end up wasting time and making myself tired and overwrought for no real reason. Sometimes I opt for practical or predictable rather adventure and daring. Then…
I was just going about my life. Everything was going well. Then we decided we needed new life insurance policies because ours had gotten excessively expensive. I’d recently had doctor appointments that all reported good results so I didn’t foresee any problems. We had to have more health tests and underwriting. Easy peasy, I thought.…
Sometimes we should dare to question some of the cultural norms. Take dating, for example. Dating in middle school is ridiculous. I believe dating can wait until after high school when people are more mature. I have advised my daughters to not get sucked into the boy-girl relationship frenzy. Now is the time to explore…