Douglas and I started a new blog site called the Humble Word Nerd for fiction writing, and I am linking to the Three Things Challenge for today Learning Virtues from Vices. I hope you will visit us at the other blog, as well. I wanted to stay true to the mission of Isaiah46MInistries, Help from... Continue Reading →
Coffee Drinker or Heathen?
In the present climate in America, divisions arise out of the most ridiculous things. People decide if you are a help or a hindrance to their ways of thinking by simply knowing what your proclivities may or may not be. I was thinking about this as I listened to a conversation on the benefits of... Continue Reading →
What Peace We Often Forfeit!
As Shannon felt the heart-pounding, shaky breathing, and profuse sweating of a panic attack, she kept repeating, "You are not dying!" Her fear of being alone in a foreign country generated the anxiety. She couldn't seem to find the peace to sleep. She turned over in bed and saw the moon shining as it had... Continue Reading →
Letting Go of a Critical Spirit
For some reason that I could not define, this past Sunday I tended to find fault with everything that happened at church. It is ironic, as I was the one who did the cheerful welcome and read the scripture and prayed for the Communion service, as well as leading the church in partaking of the... Continue Reading →
Should We Be Leery of Shortcuts?
We went to a local park for our walk today, and it seemed that most of our city was there celebrating the last long weekend of the summer. Douglas found a parking spot away from the trail parking, which meant walking across wet grass. I decided that walking across wet grass was just too uncomfortable,... Continue Reading →
Seeing Clearly in High Definition
I had cataract surgery on my right eye on yesterday, and today the patch was removed. I nearly fainted at how vibrant the colors were, especially the nurse's blue scrubs. It was like seeing in high definition on the television, as I had the left eye done about eight years ago. I was told then... Continue Reading →
Frugality Is a Good Thing
Douglas had told me that his parents were frugal when he was growing up, which I interpreted as being parsimonious, or unwilling to pay money or use their resources on what Douglas and his siblings wanted. But, I learned that he was right, as their refusal to spend money on things others took for granted,... Continue Reading →
Doubt Is a Powerful Opponent
Few emotions can lower the probability of success than doubt. Doubt is insidious, a gradual, subtle emotion with devastating effects on the doubter. The power of doubt is that when it is present, individuals are unable to perform a fair estimate of their abilities, and, more times than not, they fail to even try to... Continue Reading →
The Beauty of the Buffalo
We went to Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area to see the buffalo roam. That is not quite what happened. According to the information on the website, there were numerous buffaloes to be seen, and having only seen them on television, I was game for a nearly three-hour drive to see those impressive animals.... Continue Reading →
The Yarn-Spinner Turned Blogger
There is a woman in our town named Beth, Who lives in the old preserved barn. People used to travel far to hear her, For she could spin the world's greatest yarns. She was such an ordinary human being, Telling stories while sitting on a log, But with her new technological tools, Beth now spins... Continue Reading →
