Times are getting very challenging on just about every level and in every area of our lives. It seems like all of us are facing something that no earthly power–our own or others–can save us from. Thank God, our Father, for sending His Son into this fallen world to comfort and counsel us through all […]
Controversy or Catastrophe?
ABORTION: Controversy or Catastrophe? To me, abortion on demand, as an “Oops-I-slipped” form of birth-control, defies rational argument and yet demands, of every human soul, a conclusion. The depth of pathos; of ”gut-level” instinctive feelings that I am experiencing when considering the number of human lives discarded since “Roe vs Wade,” like so much inconvenient […]
Entering Into His Rest-Again
Good morning! Welcome to a new day! This morning, during my morning counsel with the Lord, He invited me to review the Patterns of Light, Step Six exercise for week 1, day 2. I found it grounded in Moroni 7:3. Moroni 7:3 “You . . . that are the peaceable followers of Christ, and that […]
Too Precious to Waste
Warning! Stream of consciousness, lightly edited sharing ahead. Good morning! Just for the heck of it, I thought I’d share my first journal entry for this morning. PER/HERE AND NOW — July 11, 2020 4:44 am Okay. So this is today. This is how it begins. At not quite 3 am, I woke up and […]
One Late August Evening
The following excerpt is from a collection of memoir and poetry I compiled and published some years ago. It captures the moment I learned of Carolyn’s passing. “Train Up A Child” (Proverbs 22:6) It was August. Late August. It was late in the day as well as the month. Later than I realized. At […]
Grieving Can Look Like Depression
Grieving can look like (and even feel like) depression. But it’s not depression. April 2000 19 years ago in April, 2000, I wrote: In HtH, tonight, someone offered the most wonderful insight: “I’ve been afraid to do the grief-work I’ve needed to do.” Me too! I’ve been afraid to mourn and grieve my losses–like the […]
Peace that Makes No Sense
And the peace of God, which passeth understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7) As many of you know, already, my husband, Phil, is on hospice now, dealing with the last months of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). We have lived with the specter of this terminal condition for two years […]
A Moment that Changed My Life: Put God First
Please let me apologize for this recent silence. As the months pass and Phil’s ALS grows more and more debilitating, I find my scripture capturing (personal application and journaling) from the He Did Deliver Me excercises becoming more and more one-on-one in seeking the counsel of the Lord and recording it. Recently, I did find this precious […]
Come Boldly
We do not need to prove worthy of our Savior’s rescue. Why? Because it’s impossible. Good morning! Getting through this first week of Book of Mormon/12 Step scripture exercises takes perseverance! It is returning and tuning my heart and mind to the exact truths I need to remember in order to lift me out of […]
Enduring in Christ
What motivates humans to change? Where do they get the power to change? Some motivational speakers say that you, yourself, have the power within you, and that is all you need to believe in, focus on and repeat to yourself. And that seems to work for some people. Then there are other people who can’t […]