Cultivating Spiritual Growth

Image courtesy of www.photobucket.comMy brother and sister share a trait that skipped over me in the family line. They have the Midas touch when it comes to houseplants. Unfortunately they are related to a botanical felon. I’m a plant killer, you see. If the...

Inner Tranquility

While doing my morning devotions the other day, I came across the following sentence, “Even in the worst of times, we have inner tranquility because God is in control.” ~Albert Lee, Our Daily Bread, 7/20/2010When things aren’t going the way I want or...

Epiphany

I’ve been struggling with my current novel. Several times I’ve stopped working on it to focus on something else, but the pesky characters just wouldn’t hush inside my head, so I’d pull up the story again. This has been going on for several...

Created For Dreams

Knitting has been on my to-do list for years. Having learned to crochet at a very young age, I really struggled with handling two knitting needles versus one crochet hook. Finally, last November, I grabbed needles and a ball of yarn, watched online knitting...

Be Still

I have a confession to make–I am not a patient person.  Those who really know me are scoffing and muttering, “No kidding.” But, I’m learning to wait–to wait for small children to do things for themselves even though it’s much...