War ~ state of armed conflict My grandma had a phrase that she used when she was extremely upset with someone. “Well, (enter name), can just take a flying kiss at a rolling donut.” Not that Grandma was an angry person at all, but you knew if she got to that point, it was a…

GRACE defined Who am I that the God of all grace Wipes the tears from my face and says, “Come as you are”? Matthew West Me on Your Mind I absolutely LOVE music! Words and melodies just resonate with my soul. One of my favorite songs is Matthew West’s “Me on Your Mind”. If this…

in humility may we surrender to HIM Seeking His will and not mine while Understanding His love for me means He wants only the best. Realizing His ways and thoughts are higher than mine. Reaching the point of saying, “It is well with my soul.” Enough of the fighting, the controlling, and trying to do this…

No More! No more! I have had enough! I can’t listen to anymore of the lies. I can’t keep up with the keeping up! I no longer want to be held captive! God, I just want to be free from comparing myself to others! Farmer Dan and I went to Miami to visit DJ for…

I’ll be Happy When Resolution Ever been diagnosed with the “I’ll be happy when . . .” syndrome or made resolutions year after year to no avail. Guilty of both! Waiting for things to be in line with our distorted expectations or thinking we’re going to fix something with a simple declaration never works. In…

Thanksliving vs. Thanksgiving Is there a difference? Can changing one letter in a word alter the meaning? Think about this one letter change: Sunday vs. Sinday . . .  Often when I’m texting, I’ll type Sinday mistakenly. Thank goodness for autocorrect in this instance!  So, does thanksliving differ from thanksgiving? As you can imagine by…