Sometimes all of these things happen in 24 hours: You wig out about money and then go into a deep depression because you think you can’t afford for you and your husband to take your son to college. You say you will stay home. You completely despair and think all of life is nothing but pain and sorrow. You don’t… Read More
You’re Anxious Because You’re Not Doing This
The talk around the hospital was about angles. Physical therapy said my mother-in-law was doing great. They were hoping for 120 degrees of motion in her knee yesterday, and she got to 100. After PT, I had to massage the Charlie horse out of her calf, because her leg had gone through quite a stretch. The Holy Spirit is of… Read More
Where Is My Life Going?
We decided it was just too dangerous, this owning of a motorcycle, so he donned his helmet for the last time. We were taking the bike to a friend’s shop where he could sell it for us. I knew generally where the shop was but not exactly, so I followed closely behind Matt and watched for his hand signals. After… Read More
Can You See God’s Work in Your Life?
They all said it would take three years to be successful. Can you blog about your subject for three years? they said. At the time, I had only hit “publish” on seven blog posts, so three years seemed like forever. Could I sit down and write about who God was in my life for 156 weeks in a row? Now it… Read More
Ten Good Reasons to Confide in God
My husband is a licensed professional counselor, and people are often surprised that he doesn’t tell me anything about their problems. He never even mentions their names to me. If someone calls the house, he goes upstairs to the bedroom so he can talk in private. He is a safe person to confide in. And I thought maybe you would… Read More
Worrying about Someone?
This weekend I drove away from my mother and my daughter, and I think there should be a law against that. I drove to Wyoming by myself, to visit my mom, and we had the most wonderful time. She took me to a little place in Lander called The Middle Fork, where I ate the most delicious asparagus quiche. The… Read More
Worrying You Might Miss God’s Plan?
After stopping at my daughter and son-in-law’s apartment in Bozeman, the halfway point on my way to visit my mom in Wyoming, I packed up my suitcase in the morning and pulled it over snow-covered sidewalks to my car. Driving out of the parking lot, I took the detour around a construction site on the MSU campus. There wasn’t much… Read More
Prepping for The Hard Stuff in 2015
You should have heard us at church last Saturday night. That preacher man –who looked mighty fine –had us looking back on all the good in 2015. Three years ago we started a debt emancipation to pay off our building mortgage of 1.3 millions dollars, and today it is payed off. What do we say to God’s goodness? he asked…. Read More
Imagine What God Can Do with Your People
When we took the kids to Disneyland for the first time, they were in high school. As we talked about our trip to California, our son was excited about Disneyland, but our daughter acted cool. Disneyland was for little kids, you know. Until we got there, and you should have seen her face on the Toy Story ride. She smoked… Read More
One Secret of Living by Faith
Dear friends, I hope you have had joyful moments with the Lord during this season. I am taking one more week to rest my creative brain and enjoy family, so I am re-sharing with you today this blog post from a few years ago… The Flathead Electric Co-op Annual Meeting is not a really fun place to spend an entire… Read More