You see two DOORS. One DOOR has the word HERE above it, and the other DOOR has the word THERE above it. Both are OPEN. Which do you choose? THE HERE DOOR is OPENED to what you do KNOW. It won't cost you much, as you KNOW where you will be, because as soon as you take your first step you will still be HERE. HERE is comfortable. HERE is familiar, because STATUS QUO LIVING is okay for you, as you are just SURVIVING. HERE IS THE COMFORTABLE PLACE OF SAME. For as soon as you wal

Today is our 43rd wedding anniversary, and it feels like yesterday when I first met him. I LOVE my MAN. And I mean I REALLY LOVE my MAN. From the moment I met him 47 years ago in the cafeteria at Ursinus College, I knew he was the one. Was it because he was woking in the dish room wearing a red apron? Maybe so. Because that is my man. Ready to put on the apron and clean the dishes. He is a behind the scenes kind of a man. A HUMBLE man. A man who LOVES like no other. HOYT does

If you haven't seen it, you have to see it, the movie "What About Bob?" Bob is given advice from his therapist to TAKE A VACATION FROM HIS PROBLEM.S Once Bob has been given this permission, there is a pep in his step as he ventures out to enjoy his life leaving his problems behind. Hmm... Do you need to TAKE A VACATION FROM YOUR PROBLEMS? Do you need a prescription in order to do so? Hmm... I think you have one~ "Cast all your anxiety on HIM because HE cares for you" (I Peter

How do you say THANK YOU when you don't feel like saying THANK YOU? You say it anyway. But wouldn't you be a hypocrite saying THANK YOU, when you aren't THANKFUL for this or that CIRCUMSTANCE or RELATIONSHIP or even for your UNTHANKFUL ATTITUDE, because you don't want to be THANKFUL? Have you ever WAITED to be THANKFUL, because you are WAITING for the PERFECT time when the CIRCUMSTANCE or RELATIONSHIP or even your attitude CHANGES, before you will be THANKFUL. Hmm. Think a

When are you going ever to learn? What were you thinking or should I say not thinking? How many times do I have to tell you? "AM I TALKING TO THE WALL", says the parent to the INDEPENDENTLY strong WILLED child. The child, who is being taught to think for him/herself, but when the child does it usually doesn't turn out as well. Hmm... I can so be that child. How about you? The FREEDOM to respond the way you want to when you want to, because that is just what you want to do.

GOD IS ALWAYS ENOUGH, even when you don't FEEL ENOUGH because HIS GRACE IS ALWAYS ENOUGH~ “MY GRACE is sufficient for you. MY lovingkindness and MY mercy are more than ENOUGH~ always available~ regardless of the situation; for MY power is being perfected, and is completed and shows itself most effectively in your weakness” * And because JESUS IS ALWAYS ENOUGH, even when you don't FEEL ENOUGH, HE always provides ENOUGH in the NOT ENOUGH~ "Therefore, I will all the more g

My hubby and I experienced an Italian adventure. Even though we were in a DIFFERENT country, we were still the SAME. THE SAME, as we do the SAME thing that we do when we are home. We wake up. We have our personal quiet time with GOD. We have our prayer and GOD time together, with espresso of course. And then go about our day with an open heart to all that GOD has for us. For that day. For that moment. And the IT happens. You start talking to a waitress, who speaks english mi

I grew up with the lie that I was not allowed to be HAPPY, because every time I was HAPPY I was picked apart until HAPPY was so longer. This lie followed me through life, so that I became my own worst enemy. Every time I was HAPPY, I would have to jeopardize it because I believed the lie. But then I found JOY “YOU turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy" (Psalm 30:11) GOD gave me PERMISSION to live beyond HAPPY by filling me with HI

It is a silent morning, except for the sounds of the outside of all the little critters just communicating in languages I don't understand. It is a silent morning, and now the sprinklers just popped on, adding to the orchestra of the sounds of the outside. It isn't a silent morning outside, yet in my inside it is. I just am. This is a rare occurrence, as I am so STILL that I am just sitting in WAIT, as I want to hear what GOD has for me. Tears now trickle down my face and I d

A NEW DAY. 86,400 NEW SECONDS. What are you going to do with them? TICK. TICK. TICK. Three seconds just passed. And while writing that last line, another three SECONDS passed. Time flies. Make every SECOND count, even if the SECOND is not the one that you want. When you are in pain. When you are in wait. When you are in bitterness When you are in anxiety, When you are in anger. When you are in confusion. When you are in sadness. When you are in hopelessness. When you are in f