“God Moments”
Don had taken me to Carmel for a few days to celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary. That evening we found an outdoor restaurant where our dogs, Kelly and Paige, could be with us. Central to […]
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Discover hope through “God-moments” in your day.
Encourage your heart, soul and mind.
Give you practical ideas and resources to help in your walk of faith.
Country Road, Take Me Home – with a little help!
Don and I live on a main alternate thoroughfare in the hills above Capitola Beach. So when our road gets blocked, it impacts a lot of traffic. Our recent rains have created lush green hillsides. Trees […]
Read PostOVERCOMING WORRY
Did you watch the political debates this week? I did, and I heard some things I liked and others I didn’t. But I don’t want to go there. There’s too much antagonism, hostility and anger […]
Read PostFamily – Hope and Humor
We enjoyed our Froese family Christmas Saturday, January 9th. Not easy to schedule ten of our thirteen families around the holidays. The other three families were out of state, and we missed them! Welcomed warmly by our […]
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A Few of my Favorite Things
Christmas music. Watching our family’s “littles” play together. Enjoying delicious mealtimes together, including a tender smoked turkey and fabulous barbecued prime rib. Laughter and some tears with shared memories. Time with my hubby … walking the dogs […]
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Grief and Guilt … and Forgiveness
I was in a dilemma. My husband was still in the hospital, five months after a dual organ transplant. He was very, very sick. But several friends God had surrounded us with in Florida, 3000 […]
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How to Help a Grieving Friend at Christmas
It was Christmas, 2005. Eighteen days after my husband had moved from my arms into the waiting arms of Jesus. All I wanted to do was crawl under a warm blanket for about three years, […]
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Praise His Holy Name
My throat was raw. Sound coming out was NOT pretty, by any standard. I tried to hold a tune but couldn’t even hit some of the lower notes. Would I have to drop out of […]
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WHAT’S MY FOCUS? Circumstances … or Jesus?
By the end of the day Thursday, Don didn’t know whether to pull me into his arms and comfort me … or run. It seemed that everything that could go wrong throughout the day, did. […]
Read PostBeauty from Ashes II
“Oh, my baby!” I cried out as I threw myself across my husband’s body. I had caressed him, speaking loving words while watching his blood pressure drop to zero. My heart ricocheted with that “O” […]
Read PostLet us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…”
Hebrews 10:23-24