Remember when we were kids and we couldn’t wait until school summer vacation? By July, we mourned it was almost over. July is upon us. I saw a Facebook meme recently informing FB world how many days until Christmas. Is it just me, or does it feel like we just hauled all that Christmas conglomeration to storage? I had some stuff I wanted to get done before my birthday, and now that my birthday has…
“Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.” Psalm 16:5 Some weeks are just more difficult than others. Don’t you agree? This week one of my dearest friends packed up and went to live with Jesus. She went to bed feeling better than she had felt in years, with plans to go shopping the next morning. Instead, she woke up and met Jesus. What manner of craziness…
My eyes were like tea cups filled to the top as the week began last week – ready to spill over into the saucer with the least little tremble of my hands. I wanted to give credit to hormones. Maybe I had a virus. My tummy was a bit uneasy. I fought against tears, Get a grip Carmen. You know that feeling? When your insides are fluttery and you want to cry? Sometimes we know…
“I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work. For as the sky soars high above earth so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think.” Isaiah 55:8-9, MSG Do you bounce back and forth between worry and trust? My word, I do. Recommitting to my decision to trust God in certain situations is not…
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