Do you ever feel like you are beating your head against a wall? Or that you are running into the same old frustration over and over again? Or maybe you are stuck in a rut and you just can’t seem to get out? Me, too! My husband loves a clean sink more than almost anyone except maybe my dad. This man takes it seriously. For years, he has cleaned the sink out every night before bed, putting clean dishes away, dirty in the dishwasher. He faithfully starts the dishwasher (unless I

For the despondent, one that has lost hope and courage, life is viewed from a lense of gray. Life appears with many troubles, even miserable, everything seems to go wrong, their anxious, foreboding thoughts translate into a life of glass 1/2 empty. (from Proverbs 15:15 NLT, AMPC, MSG, TPT) For the happy heart, those who have the Hope that anchors the soul (Hebrews 6:19), life is viewed through a bright yellow lense. It is a continual feast regardless of circumstances. For tho

Dear Lord, We have been under a safe-at-home order for over 6 weeks. It’s 2020 – the year the world stopped for a while. COVID-19 has ruled. We all have questions, concerns, opinions, and losses. This season has slowed most of us down in ways we never expected. It has impacted every single person from the youngest child who can’t see her grandma to the oldest grandma who can’t see anyone. We are all grieving, battling the losses…some greater than others…but felt deeply just t

Many of us looked to 2020 as a big year. For many reasons. We set new vision. 20/20 vision to be exact. Our direction seemed clear. Plans in place. Now, we may be scratching our heads wondering what in the world? Everything is upside down. We are feeling our way now through a fog of uncertainty. Nothing clear in sight. 2020 is a big year for our family. We have a senior in high school. We had made lots of plans to watch him play his last season of baseball, get ready for prom

Time out. It’s what a baseball coach calls when he needs to head to the mound and get inside the pitcher’s head. The pitcher who has faced batter after batter. He has stared a few down, struck a few out. But, he has also let himself get intimidated, nervous, anxious by that last error, deep line drive to center field or a walk or two. Aren’t we a lot like that pitcher? Some days it seems all is going well. We are throwing strikes right down the center of home plate. Nothing i