Often we are so consumed with how to love our neighbor, we forget to love ourselves, so that we can love our neighbor. Loving ourselves enhances our ability to love others. What do I mean by loving yourself? Loving ourselves well means taking care of ourselves, recognizing our needs and meeting them. Asking for help … Continue reading Loving Well

It’s hard to live in a natural world, when you know heaven exists. We crave it. Why? The only possible answer is: we somehow know heaven. Either we came from it, have experienced it, or have been made with it inside of our hearts. Like everything else our Creator has laced it into our frames. … Continue reading eternal gifts

Ok. Here we go again. Another major building project. We bought a 200 year old house many years ago. We had hoped the work would be done by now, but it’s taken longer than expected. Sometimes we have to wait on finances, or bank loans; sometimes we have to wait for vacation time, or cooperating … Continue reading God’s House

I think courage is doing something even when you are afraid. it's doing what needs to be done, despite how you feel.   Sometimes it’s moving forward in the dark, without knowing, understanding or having assurance that you will come out on top. I think courage is doing what is right, not what is easy. Courage … Continue reading courage

“Sometimes you have to let go of everything to gain what God has shaped you for” – Elizabeth Thatcher, when calls the heart. I’m about to quit my job. I’ve been sitting on my resignation letter for weeks. I’m suffering great conflict over it. I have pages of reasons to leave, move on, let go … Continue reading Sometimes Quitters Win