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Forgiveness and restitution

Forgiveness and restitution

Forgiveness usually is an ongoing process. A loved one might have taken offence and cut me off in bitterness. I have to pray for and apply wisdom to move past my own and the other person’s hurt and carefully reach out in love. I cannot force the issue. I have the...

Stay-at-home mom

Q: Help!  I want to be more than I am right now, but how will I ever attain that?  I am tired of wondering and wondering and being on an emotional rollercoaster  I don’t want to just carry on with life – I want to LIVE!  How am I going to succeed in doing that?...

Standing corrected

Being corrected by others is never pleasant or comfortable, but if I’m humble enough to accept correction/discipline gracefully, I’ll grow in wisdom and understanding, be “master of my soul” (Knox) in a human sense. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself,...

A strong tree

Putting my trust in people, depending on people to supply the security, attention, love, company that I need, will leave me like a little shrub on the dunes/in the desert – barely hanging in there by the tips of my toes. But putting my trust in God (as the Amplified...
Lazy Sunday morning

Lazy Sunday morning

A lazy Sunday morning breakfast on a glorious English summer’s day – on our patio. At one stage all four our adult children lived nearby and then all of them left and some live on the other side of the globe now. I decided that I would make a feast of every meal for...