An annoying app on my phone called NextDoor is anything but neighborly. It pretends to be a kind of neighborhood watch for the 21st century. All I have seen is people complaining. Today, someone ranted about the use of salt to melt snow and its negative impact on the planet. I had to stop myself fromContinue reading “Why Sometimes a Little Salt is Good: A Lesson in Balance”
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Let Go and Trust: The Power of Surrender in Faith
The content emphasizes the value of surrendering to God, contrasting the negative connotations of quitting with the strength found in acknowledging human limitations. Through personal reflection and biblical references, the author highlights the importance of focusing on tasks with God’s guidance, recognizing that true strength comes from reliance on Him rather than self-effort.
WHO DO YOU LOVE?
After winning his third Super Bowl, football quarterback phenom Tom Brady asked an interviewer, “Why do I have 3 Super Bowl rings and still feel like there is something greater out there for me?” He got it right on two counts. He went on to win four more rings, and there is something greater forContinue reading “WHO DO YOU LOVE?”
Handle The Truth
Jack Nicholson got it all wrong in “A Few Good Men.” You CAN handle the truth. Don’t believe lies, negative self-talk, harsh words from others, or feelings of being unloved. Negativity come at us from every angle. Ten people tell us that we look nice, and the next person says we look horrible, and weContinue reading “Handle The Truth”
Broken But better
Broken. Years ago, this crystal mouse treasure from my childhood broke when my children devised an elaborate and not well-thought-out plan to scale the living room wall using yarn. The display the crystal mouse sat on, along with Irish China and other cherished items, came crashing down, breaking into pieces. This past year felt aContinue reading “Broken But better”
Storms of Life
God’s faithfulness never gets knocked out during the storms of life. He uses His people to show His love, the saved, to rescue the lost.
Deep Roots Not Rocks
Poor Charlie Brown. Nothing could be more disappointing than going door-to-door with your friends on Halloween while they got candy, and you exclaim, “I got a rock.” It compares to getting an acorn for making it into law school or a sapling when you graduate.
Sticky Situation
Remember Sticker Charts? I tried them with my kids. We had Chore Charts, Teeth Brushing Charts, and Behavior Charts. The last one got a little- well, sticky. My oldest apparently wrote the book on picking on younger siblings. My daughter learned quickly that throwing a fit drew attention to it. I was not too fondContinue reading “Sticky Situation”
Name That Tune?
In college for some reason that defies logic, I thought the words to “Little Red Corvette” were “pay the rent collect.” It is not even close, and it doesn’t make any sense. Venmo and PayPal didn’t exist then. Don’t mock me. Everyone gets the words wrong to a song or two. Sometimes we know theContinue reading “Name That Tune?”
Real Customer Support
When you order high-speed Internet, you can be sure of one thing: the customer service will not be. Gone are the days when someone came to your house to install it. Now, the box arrives on your front porch with pictorial instructions on how the whole thing is supposed to go together. Now, I knowContinue reading “Real Customer Support”
IT'S A HARnDen LIFE... 