Just for Women

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do
(Ephesians 2:10 NIV)
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If a vote were taken by property owners as to which weed they disliked the most, dandelions would probably win...

 

Have you noticed how we consumers are being swayed into buying products by the advertisers? There's a psychology behind what makes us buy things. Maybe those stores and their advertisers are in cahoots to make us hungry enough to buy their stuff!

A few years...

 

How much time do we waste wondering about the breadth and depth of our individual gifts -- asking God over and over, from every angle, about the talents He's presented us with? We ponder if it's enough to do what we hope to do. How much it is compared to what our...

 

Most of us enjoy things that are fresh. There’s nothing quite like that first cup of coffee in the morning. Don't you enjoy wearing something new? Isn't it nice eating fresh, crisp lettuce or cracking open a new book on the Best Seller’s List? Don't you love...

 

Belief.

I do believe, help me overcome my unbelief. These are words I say to God every day. Words taken from Scripture (Mark 9:24). I asked Jesus to be my Savior when I was in the 7th grade. After studying and making the choice, I asked my dad to...

 

Yesterday morning while I was working on a story, Sam ambled up to me.

"Has it passed?" I asked.

"No," he said, "Farrah Fawcett has."

"Oh!"

On any other Thursday, he wouldn't have been available to give me news updates, but on this one he was home. Just like...

 

When you pray, what do you ask for?

I ask God to make me more like Jesus tomorrow than I am today. This is my one consistent prayer I ask of God each time I pray. I pray this when I pray on my own and when I pray with my kids. That probably sounds cliche, but...

 

As I loaded dishes into the dishwasher, I sang along with the radio. My grandson looked up from the picture he was coloring and said, "Grandma, there's one thing about you that I don't like." Anticipating what he was going to say, I asked, "What? That I sing all...

 

Could you be looking for something that is already right next to you?

On a beautiful May afternoon, my daughter and I decided to visit my nearly 91 year old grandmother. She has lived in a retirement home for quite some time now, and has done remarkably well...

 

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn
(Romans 12:15 TNIV)
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A dear friend, James, taught me a life affirming lesson a few days ago -- and I am grateful for his lesson and the opportunity it gave me to connect with a...