Daily writing promptDescribe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.View all responses I had been feeling like God had forgotten me. I was dealing with health issues and had a child in the hospital with a heart transplant. It seemed like I was walking the road of life alone, and... Continue Reading →
Be Strong and Work for the Kingdom of God: Sunday Devotion
Haggai 2: 4-9 But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.  ‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’ “This is... Continue Reading →
What an Awesome God We Serve: Monday Devotional
Paris, France, May 2023 Psalm 65: 5-8 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and... Continue Reading →
Have a Plan for the Emotional Losses of Retirement
Daily writing promptDescribe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.View all responses Don't retire without a plan for your time and sense of purpose. That is the advice I would give anyone thinking of retiring. Possibly, one would think that having one's time mapped out is exactly why one retires. But,... Continue Reading →
Having Tree-Like Faith: Sunday Devotion
Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2023 Jeremiah 17:7-8: But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year... Continue Reading →
A Thanksgiving and a Testimony: Sunday Devotion
Psalm 116: 16-19 O Lord, I am your servant; yes, I am your servant, born into your household;  you have freed me from my chains. I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people—in the house... Continue Reading →
Will Sleeping with a Bible Under Your Pillow Lead to Insanity?
Daily writing promptDescribe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?View all responses As an abandoned child living in the home of an aunt who was a stranger to me, I had to find comfort in the familiar. That was the Bible I had received from school, the little... Continue Reading →
Let The Joy of the Season Rule Your Heart!
Douglas in Porto, Portugal, June 2023 One more day of life! Praise the Lord for this blessing! Let joy rule our hearts! Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #493: Praise and Joy!
Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #107
Caleb thought, "Pain is preferable to the alternative!" He kept the symbols of time and death on the mantel over the fireplace in his bedroom. The anodynes prescibed by the doctors helped, but the pains from his injuries were indissoluble. The suddenness of his accident still awed him. Although he had heard the older members... Continue Reading →
DeStressing
The blue zone life-style calls for a low stress life. How can we do that when we live in such a high stress world? Some stress comes to all people, such as illness, death of someone close, or accidents. Other times, we add stress. It can be the stress of an overly full schedule, always... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 