Monthly Archives: February 2014
A Valentine’s Day Celebration
Today is Valentine’s Day. Since I have a fourteen year old without a boyfriend, I’m keenly aware that it’s the world’s most romantic day in high school and she is single. (Her daddy is thrilled). Keep in mind, most of her friends are single too. In fact, four of her closest friends have planned a … Continue reading
Savoring a Snow Day
We have been granted another snow day in Northeast Georgia. It’s not snowing. It’s sleet mixed with rain, but the state of Georgia got caught unprepared for winter weather a couple of weeks ago and motorists were stranded for days. The Peach State became the butt of late night television show jokes. Our leaders … Continue reading
How Do You Deal With Change?
I have never been a huge fan of change. I suppose lots of Southerners feel the same. We often take the, “Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke attitude.” Sometimes it’s a good one. In my humble opinion, things like children saying “yes sir and yes ma’am,”and saying Grace at meals should never change. Other … Continue reading
How Controlling Are You?
If I have learned anything at all from my time here on this planet, it’s to expect the unexpected. My parents have two little Papillons (translate super high strung, pups). When my mom let them outside one evening, they wouldn’t come back inside and kept barking at the pear tree. When Mama finally went to … Continue reading
Long Dark Seasons
As I write this, it’s another gloomy, cloudy day here in Georgia. I purposely put my desk by a window because the sun energizes me to write, but it’s been a long, dark and dreary winter here. We have been hit with two Polar Vortexes. Who had even heard that term before this year? We … Continue reading
You’re Never Too Old for Wonder
My family went to visit my parents last Saturday to celebrate my mom’s birthday. When we returned late that afternoon, we had a message waiting on our voice mail. My neighbor from across the street, left an excited message that there was a crane or an egret walking around in her yard. She was so … Continue reading
Blessed Be…
I recently revisited the Beattitudes from the Sermon on the Mount. You remember those, right, the blessed be sermon? It’s found in Matthew 5, if you want to check them out. I always come away with something different when I read them. This time I read them in the NLT version. Scholars disagree whether this … Continue reading
Adversity Equals Opportunity
I am a substitute teacher at a local elementary school. One of the teachers there always calls his tests, opportunities. He tells the kids not to think of them as tests, but as an opportunity to show him what they can do. That got me to thinking about the tests in our adult lives. What … Continue reading
You Already Have What You Need to Serve
I have often heard people talking about having no idea of what God has called them to do and I have also heard people express the fear that if they draw closer to God and really listen, then He will call them to be a missionary in Africa. Most folks are not interested in doing … Continue reading