Weeks like this one leave me longing to find a gentle, quiet stream to sit beside and be still. While it has been a good week, it has been an insanely busy one. There is something about streams that evoke peacefulness and rest to those in its path. As I quieted my soul one morning this week, the Lord led me to John 7:38. “Whoever…
Last night several of our youth from church went down to Atlanta to work with an inner city church’s Trunk or Treat. We had a great time playing games, painting faces, painting pumpkins, serving food and much more. My friend, Suzie, had these great masks and it was such a hoot watching people’s reactions as we would walk up and stand beside them, waiting for them…
No one likes to fail. I can’t remember anyone ever saying, “I think I’ll try something new so that I can fail.” No. We don’t think that way. Instead, if something seems too challenging or if there is a risk of failure, too often we shy away from it, and find excuses not to push ourselves. We refuse to risk success. I put off getting my…
Last week a friend was going through old newspaper clippings for our scrapbook at work, when she came across an article entitied, “What’s in your Bucket?” Dr. Mike Davis, from First Baptist Cleveland writes about how we are earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7). He goes on to talk about times when we are carrying a cup of coffee and are jostled and what’s inside of…
Several years ago a friend and I drove from Georgia to Canada and had quite the adventure. On the way home, we were both delirious from lack of sleep and from the long drive and we became quite silly (OK, I know you’ve been super silly too when you were tired). We saw a woman walking down the road in front of a row of…
I grew up in South Georgia where the seasons blur from one to another without any major changes. I missed out on fall colors for years. When the leaves begin to change, I feel like a school girl, waiting expectantly for cooler temperatures and fall fun. I read somewhere that fall is nature’s last fling before settling into winter’s sleep. I absolutely LOVE autumn for…