The Bible lists nine fruit of the Holy Spirit. I find it interesting that it is fruit not fruits; singular not plural. Appears God desires for us to display all of His attributes; not pick and choose. It should be our prayer for all of the Holy Spirit’s presence to be shown in our life. […]

History books are full of the deeds of men – both good and bad.  But what about the women?  Surprisingly women have accomplished a great deal that has never really been given the attention it deserves. Yesterday I wrote about the women who helped break the codes of the Axis forces in World War II.  […]

I try to stay away from political posts because my goal for this blog was to encourage, and maybe make someone smile. However, our current political scene is so chaotic, and our politicians are contributing, not to unity, but division. What makes me sad is to see the church trading its beliefs to gain political […]

I recently watched a pastor of a mega church on television (which I don’t do on a regular basis) and was amazed at his message. He started off speaking of all the parts of our culture that Christians do not agree with. He spoke about the damage pornography does to our society.  (I said Amen!) […]

Hard to believe that it has been less than 100 years since women were granted the right to vote. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920, granting women the full rights of citizenship. What is ironic is that four years before women were granted the right to vote, a woman […]

Crispus Attucks one of five killed in the Boston Massacre Recently I shared a post about a statue of an African-American that my husband and I found when we were exploring a park in Charleston, North Carolina.  One of my readers wondered how many statues there are in the USA of African-Americans.  That started me […]

I have a birthday coming this spring. As I realize I will be three quarters of a century old and I have fewer days ahead of me than behind, I have been doing a lot of reflecting on the years gone by. Interesting – sometimes I cannot remember what I had for lunch but memories […]

After living almost three years in Michigan and hearing of the beautiful Dow Gardens, my husband and I decided it was time to check it out. All the hype we had heard was true – it is an unbelievable place of peace and beauty. My husband commented that this was just a glimpse of what […]

Feeling overwhelmed?  Stressed out?  Facing a flood of sorrow, pain, economic problems? We all have those times in life.  Times when we may even question if God cares.  If God even exists. When we are struggling through a difficult time we do not need a “Pollyanna” quoting scripture or telling us “it will be alright.” […]

Halloween is not here yet, Thanksgiving is over a month away and we have 70 days until Christmas.  But today when I went to my mailbox, I found two Christmas catalogs.  As I looked at them, I was struck by how different these appeals for my shopping dollars were.  One was from American Girl and […]

When Jesus was on earth He seemed to assume that as His followers there were things we would naturally do.  Not to try to earn a place in heaven.  Not to rack up points on the “goodness” scale.  Not to “prove” we were His followers. No.  Things we would do because as a committed follower […]

For days all we heard on the cable news was concern about the Ebola crisis.  Then – suddenly nothing! Why no news? We Americans have such short attention spans and the news media seems to be able to only concentrate on one news item at a time.  Whenever something shocking or dramatic happens, it is […]

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday morning when I woke up I posted a verse from the Psalms: This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Since we could not go to church I was thinking that I could complain about the restrictions right now with […]

Growing up in church we always sang hymns from a large hymn book that was placed in holders on the back of the church pew.  Many times there would also be a Bible there.  The “song leader” would announce the page number before each song and we would all turn to that page and sing […]