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Marriage is … a picture of Jesus and his bride!

Hubby and I collapsed, exhausted, into bed at the end of a miracle-filled wedding day! We were both so wiped out we fell into a deep sleep! Somewhere deep in my sleep I heard an urgent, intense sound! …

May 27, 2024Life Lessons, Marriage

There’s a reason God doesn’t tell us the future.

Back in January when we were struggling with a debilitating illness which left someone very special bedridden for weeks … if we had known back then that we would be hosting a wedding in our backyard at the…

May 26, 2024Life Lessons, Marriage

When facing grief …

Last Monday was a very difficult day for me. To start off, first thing in the morning, I was scrubbing the tea stain out of my special tea mug when the mug slipped from my hands and landed…

May 19, 2024Grief, Life Lessons

Your opinion matters

So, I have a funny story. For the last year or so, whenever I turn my computer on it opens to a beautiful image on an opening screen. In the upper right-hand corner of this screen there is…

May 18, 2024Life Lessons

How have you been blessed this week?

God's Word (the Bible) has many instructions for us ... which if we follow and obey these instructions, we will be blessed. One of my favorites of these instructions is: Sing to God a new song.Isaiah 42:10 -…

May 16, 2024Life Lessons

The power of singing, together, out loud, in worship

Every Sunday hubby and I enjoy attending morning worship service at our church here locally. Then afterwards, we head home where we attend "second morning worship service" online with Prestonwood Baptist Church (in Dallas, Texas).It never ceases to…

May 15, 2024Life Lessons

You never know who’s watching

I mentioned in a blog post a few days ago that recently hubby and I had a dear friend come to visit us. For fun, we rode the ferry across the Puget Sound to see the Naval Shipyard…

May 11, 2024Life Lessons

An early morning commute into downtown

Yesterday's blog post was "An early morning stroll through the forest." Shortly after I posted it to the blog, I could hear the Holy Spirit speaking deep down to my soul that the readers of the blog don't…

May 4, 2024Life Lessons

Trust the author

I am currently listening through a sermon series over the book of Acts. The main point of this sermon series is that the Holy Spirit is writing the story of our life. And many times, we will not…

May 2, 2024Life Lessons

Time to purge

I just noticed this container of heavy whipping cream in my fridge … leftover from when I made Cranberry Salad back at Thanksgiving. I purchased this container of whipping cream in mid-November … therefore, the small leftover amount…

December 31, 2023Life Lessons