Tag: Life
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The Sower
So many times the parable of the sower has been taught, in church and in Sunday school. It didn’t hit me until the other day, that it actually has some merit in my daily life as well. For most of my life I have had the soil that doesn’t really absorb much, and the weeds…
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“Too Late”
Do the words, “too late” cross your lips sometimes? You hear of someone doing something exciting…like going back to school, traveling somewhere interesting, or maybe even going on a short term volunteer trip? And you say to yourself, “too late for me”! It’s not too late. I have realized that many people around us are…
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Grown Up?
What, in your opinion, defines “grown up”? I think about this quite a bit, as there are many days when I don’t know if I have even grown up yet! Does it mean that we have evolved past high school issues, or is that even possible? So many times I find myself overwhelmed with grown…
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Surrender…
I am a stubborn and proud person. I pretend otherwise, and fail miserably at pretending. Because of this trait that I possess, it is hard to surrender to others’ ideas and plans. But the biggest issue that I have is surrendering to God. It is easy to say…”I surrender all”…and easy to say it in…
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Irritability!
Irritability (blog) Today was a day when I had to face an ugly truth about myself. It is something that I have been aware of…but thought that it can be overcome. I get irritated easily, and often….and for the simplest things. As I get older I seem to be able to mask it a bit…
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Greener Grass?
There is that saying, “the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”…and there is a part of us that knows it isn’t true, but we still don’t stop wishing we were there. Beautiful grass is the result of maintenance and water, somebody is taking care of it. Our side might be…