You are my God. My times are in Your hand. Psalm 31:14-15 I am a pearl girl. My sweet husband knows this, so he gave me a beautiful long strand of pearls when I gave birth to my firstborn twenty-five years ago. When my second child arrived, he bought ...
Bittersweet
Holidays have a way of highlighting the difficulties, pain, and losses in our individual lives and in the world at large. For each of you, including those affected by the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, I offer my heartfelt prayers. May you experience ...
Perfect Peace
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on You! Isaiah 26:3 NLT My friend Donna is a threat to the kingdom of darkness. The light of Christ shines so brightly from her big blue eyes that it’s sometimes har ...
Count Your Blessings
Through many Thanksgivings, I’ve found that counting my blessings has curative powers. Several years ago, when I was struggling to cultivate a grateful heart, God helped me find a way to be thankful that had little to do with my earthly circumstances. My ...
Just Desserts
Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. Proverbs 4:23 GNT Jackson was a Senior, and we were well into the fall season. After 12 years of life according to an academic calendar, I had come to anticipate the usual sequence ...
Success
I simply adored my career in the pharmaceutical industry. My days were filled with visits to doctors’ offices all over northwest Alabama or sales meetings in fun cities. I had a company car, an expense account, and constant interaction with a wide ran ...