Hidden and Protected

        Proverbs 4:23 “Watch over your heart with all diligence for from it flows the wellsprings of life.” The heart is an amazing pear shaped structure located in the center of the chest wall between the lungs and hidden deep behind our breastplate. It...

Real Friends

“Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed.”  Proverbs 27:5 I love friends who are real.  They share their lives up front.  No pretending.  No facade.  They speak truth; in love, but they do speak the truth.  There is no guessing about where they...

On the Way

As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.  Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”  Acts 9:3-4 On the way to Damascus, Saul had a divine...

Happy Birthday Rene'!

Today I am 49 years old……….so weird. I don’t feel 49, I don’t think I look 49 (until I look in the mirror! Ha!) and I don’t think I act 49. But, I am 49!!! My birthdays are very interesting. For some reason most of them are...

Spring Has Sprung

After several weeks of icy conditions and rain, it is finally beginning to look like spring outside my window and I couldn’t be more thrilled. I love spring! It’s such a beautiful time of renewal and reminder of God’s promises to us. I love the smell...

Even More

                      “So they hated him even more for his dreams and his words.”  Genesis 37:8 The Bible tells us Jacob loved his youngest son Joseph more than his other children.  Favoritism insights jealousy between siblings. Period. It will bring...