I have a great neighbor who lives across the street from us. We met her the first week we moved in six years ago. She welcomed us and informed us of the strictness of the HOA, something we learned the hard way. She is kind and keeps an eye out for our house when we... Continue Reading →
Good Friends Know When to Keep Quiet
We can offer silence and presence, not judgment or advice. Rev. Junius B. Dotson, Soul Reset: Breakdown, Breakthrough, and the Journey to Wholeness, p. 83. Written for One-Liner Wednesday from Linda G. Hill Copyright ©All posts on my blog, Help From Heaven, are my intellectual property protected by copyright. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this... Continue Reading →
Some Losses Remain for a Lifetime: Happy 76th Birthday, JoAnn.
My sister would have been 76 today. She was two years older than me, but she seemed more like a mother to me than a sibling. Whenever we lived in an aunt’s house because our parents weren’t able to care for us or didn’t want to, JoAnn was given responsibility for me. You can imagine... Continue Reading →
Watching Cruise Liner Leave Port Makes Me Want to Take a Cruise
Daily writing promptWhat could you try for the first time?View all responses My husband and I have never taken a cruise, although many of friends swear by them. It is the thought of so much water and being far from land. But, when I was visiting in Porto, Portugal, I would sit on the beach... Continue Reading →
I Believe in Seeing Everyone’s Humanity!
Daily writing promptWhat principles define how you live?View all responses Growing up in a country with a history of segregation means that I learned early that, as a black person, I wasn't seen in the same light as my white peers. In the seventh grade, the black children received the white children's old school, while... Continue Reading →
Relaxing in the Midst of Beauty: Pull Up A Seat
In the Japanese Garden at Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Georgia, October 11, 2025 Posted for the Pull Up a Seat, Week 41, from Xingfu Mama.
A Visit to a Garden Will Do Wonders for a Tortured Soul
Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Georgia, October 11, 2025 I decided to try to get part of my life back. We visited Gibbs Gardens yesterday, on the way to a training in Spiritual Gifts at a church in Jasper, Georgia, whose pastor was once the pastor at our church. I wanted to see the trees and... Continue Reading →
Having a Good Defense is Critical to Our Mental Health: Sunday Devotional
Psalm 34:4-7 I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. When... Continue Reading →
How Do You Write a Book on Survival Without Seeming Special to God?
Daily writing promptWhat have you been putting off doing? Why?View all responses Just yesterday, as I once again spoke of some of the worst moments of my life when I knew that the Lord God was with me, someone suggested I needed to write a book about my life. I have been told the same... Continue Reading →
Trees at Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Georgia
These are some of the many trees that surround the flowers at Gibbs Garden, which we visited yesterday. Posting for Sunday Trees #607. There were so many types of Japanese Maple trees. The first image was taken in late fall 2024, and the others are from yesterday. Copyright ©All posts on my blog, Help From... Continue Reading →
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