Category: prayer
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Noise
Living in the middle of an African village is a noisy place to be. There is noise from 6 in the morning to midnight…quite often, even during the night, I wake up to animals fighting or drunks yelling! I’ve noticed it affects my state of mind…it gets muddled and confused. My thoughts can’t settle onto…
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Worry…
There is an old Sunday school song that goes through my head whenever I start to really worry… “Why worry when you can pray? Trust Jesus, He’ll with you stay. Don’t be a doubting Thomas, Rest fully on His promise. Why worry, worry, worry, worry, When you can pray!!” It’s a spontaneous jingle…and it’s true!…
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The Dark Side
I have a dark side…one I battle with frequently. (For those of you that know me…it’s not my humor!! Even though that can be pretty dark too!!). Depression hits me quite often. Through self analysis and calendar tracking I can tell it’s not always hormonal either. It can occur on the sunniest of days for…
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The Tourist
For many years I lived in a town I disliked deeply!!! Nothing would cheer me up. I complained on a daily basis…to my husband and friends and to God. Why did I have to live there? Didn’t God have a better plan for my life? Would I die miserable? Might as well. This life wasn’t…
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Destiny…
Do you believe we are on earth for a specific purpose? Can we find what it is, or does it evolve as we live? Can we miss it altogether? What if you were put on earth just to make a difference in the life of one person? Would that be enough? Should it be enough?…
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The Snob…
I have been told that I come across as a bit of a snob. A bit standoffish. Remote. Scary…was another description. Haha! It’s interesting to see how perceptions and reality can be a bit off at times. I can understand why I come across this way. I use humor and smart remarks to get attention…