High-drain-ya ~ Hydrangea

When life gets you drained so high and deep, run to the hope that will encourage you.

Trusting God

 Luke 1:37, “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” I have waited on the Lord. Gone thru each emotion and struggle. Trying to learn along the way, yes, frustration has hit my mind hard. Discouragement seemed to be my friend.  Yet, God. He knows, He is. He planned my life out. I will not waiver. 

Galatians – Choose life with Christ

Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live. SO! The amazing and wonderful gift is that we have LIFE. We have confidence in who we are when we accept Jesus as Savior … and BELIEVE it. Do

Let’s talk about Love ….

I was traveling with the radio on and day. (Music is definitely one of my love languages – which is where my heart led me as I listened with a different set of ears to a new meaning of this song). Foreigner began singing “I’ve gotta take a little time, time to think things over“.

Resurrection – are you ready?

Jesus. No other name above His. He is Alpha and Omega. Beginning and the end. His love is amazing. The ultimate – no one bigger, badder nor better than Jesus. HE is the reason, HE is the way to the TRUTH, the LIGHT, and our salvation. Eternity is real. You either choose heaven or hell.

Book review of Facing the Dawn, by Cynthia Ruchti

I enjoyed this book, it is like living real life, the drama, the reality, the good, the struggle — BUT God. I am so happy to read an author’s book that relates real bible comfort. References to God – “emotional – loss, faith, hope and redemption” is how Debbie Macomber put it. (and we love

BOOK REVIEW: Miriam’s Song, by Jill Eileen Smith

I enjoy the creating of a story from a story. Something real and making it relatable in a novel. As I am still reading the book, I am digging into the real Biblical story of Miriam. As long as it doesn’t become sacrilegious to compare the two stories, I find it to be delightful, and

Book review of A dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel

This book based in the early 1900s and in the Boston. On a quest to Ireland,  by a promise made, Maura journeys to Ballymun to teach.    As the story line reads, the tension of living in another country offers insecurities and some isolation, as I would imagine, especially during the early 1900s. Like a feeling of

How will God get the glory through the pain?

Romans 8 reminds us we will suffer in life. We will go through periods when we groan, cry out, wonder what happened, and ask how catastrophic situations happen to Godly people. The valleys in life can be dry. Barren. Elongated. We wonder, when will this problem or issue stop? When will the breakthrough happen? The

BOOK REVIEW: All that we carry, by Erin Bartels

Ah!!! I so enjoy the writing of Erin Bartels! She’s a midwest girl like me.Her book “All that we carried” is a novel tells a story that is relatable, easy to follow, yet enticing enough to want more with each page read!Life is “treacherous” at times… how we handle each situation is a story.I enjoy