As if getting Covid-19 for the first time wasn't stressful enough, I ended up in the hospital last Friday with another bowel obstruction. Another round of nose tubes and nothing by mouth for days at a time depressed me and left me feeling lost and nearly hopeless. I never lost hope because I trust God,... 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 →
Being Myself: Sticking with the Troubles I Already Have
Daily writing promptIf you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?View all responses There is no way to know other people's troubles, especially because people tend to say they are fine when they are assailed with troubles. I just want to be me, as I know my troubles, and... 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 →
Your Story Has the Power to Change Lives
Viewed in Museum in Paris, France, May, 2023 Tell of your struggles! Your story is so needed! Its value doesn't wane. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #500: Story and Wane. Copyright ©All posts on my blog, Help From Heaven are my intellectual property protected by copyright
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 →
My Castle for an Oreo!
Bloganuary writing promptWhat snack would you eat right now?View all responses I love Oreos. To me, they are the best cookie ever made. Now that they come in so many flavors, it's hard to leave the store without a bag of the new ones. Thankfully, I have a husband who is more sensible, and he... 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 →
Finding the Strength to Endure in a Faith Community: Sunday Devotion
Hebrews 10: 23-25 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.... Continue Reading →
Let Love Be Eternal and Faithful: A New Year’s Devotion
Lamentations 3:19-26 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your... Continue Reading →
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