“How do you get through things you don’t want to do?  You just do.”  Jaycee Dugard Recently I watched an interview with Jaycee Dugard.  Her first since her rescue.  She is an amazing young woman with a story of not only surviving but thriving in a captive situation filled with abuse. Her quote from above has brought to mind another quote.  This also from a woman, a mom, that had lost her child not to…

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NIV During our last visit, we talked about staying free and how difficult that can prove to be at times.  My favorite Bible teacher, Beth Moore, defines captivity in her Bible study “Breaking Free” like this, “A Christian is held captive by anything that hinders the abundant and…

We are celebrating early in my little corner of “the land of pine trees and lakes”.  I hear the faint pop of fireworks as I write tonight on this Independence Day eve.  Celebrating the birth of America‘s independence and freedom from Great Britain is a wonderful time in our country.  Amazing favor from God!  I have found that there is so much more to freedom than the initial action of being set free.  I suspect…

I have become high maintenance.  Mid life has brought me to this place.  Supplements, juices, hormones and points (that’s for another time) have taken over my life!     A few nights ago, after finally settling in for sweet slumber, I realized I had forgotten one of my maintenance items.  My dear husband suggested a check list.  A check list!!!  Now don’t misunderstand, I wasn’t upset at my honey, he was just trying to help. How…