View from the sheepfold
Friend or Foe?
Meet More Characters from A Heart's Journey Have you ever met someone for the first time, and they already have something against you, but you don’t know what it is? TIA Tia Merino works for Willie White at Floral Creations. I don't have a photo of Tia, but I imagine...
Traveling with Friends
Meet Some Friends from A Heart's Journey When you look up the meaning of “journey,” you’ll probably find it described as traveling from one place to another, or something similar. We may take many kinds of journeys in a lifetime, depending on who we are, where we...
God’s Unfailing Promises
When God makes a promise, He follows through because He’s faithful and trustworthy. (Lamentations 3:23;1 Corinthians 1:9) As a child, I received Jesus Christ as my Savior, believing that He died and rose again to pay for my sins and give me eternal life. “For God so...
Discipline Your Heart and Mind
Self-control/Temperance I was born with a sweet tooth and have struggled for all my adult life to curb my appetite for sweets and chocolate to control my weight and maintain a healthy body. As an author, I find it easy to succumb to the distractions that are...
A Meek and Quiet Spirit
A Meek and Quiet Spirit Meek describes at least two important people in the Bible: Moses and Jesus. The NKJV uses the word humble about Moses in Numbers 12:3, and gentle about Jesus in Matthew 11:29. “Meekness” is translated “gentleness” in modern translations. Often...
Faithful in Little, Faithful in Much
Lamentations 3:22,23 “It is of the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.” God is faithful--He is loyal, trustworthy, dependable, and steadfast. I can trust Him. In Psalm 89:1 the...
CHOOSING GOODNESS
GOODNESS: DOING RIGHT Do you choose to do right? Have you ever known a good person? She seems to do and say the right things at the right time, makes people feel loved. He recognizes need and reaches out to help before you even realize there is a need. Have you ever...
Kindness – Love in Action
Kindness (Gentleness) *KIND – sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tender-hearted, generous, etc. Kindness begins with allowing God’s Spirit to work in and through us. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness…” Galatians 5:22 Kindness is...
National Train Day
In 2008, Amtrak created National Train Day to promote riding a train. Although not an official holiday, Amtrak declared it for the Saturday closest to May 10. That's May 7 this year (2022). Trains have played an important role in American history, and they are still...
Patience – Testing Faith
Patience - Testing Faith Do you ever fidget when you have to wait in a long line at a grocery store? How about in a doctor’s office? It seems like you wait forever for the doctor to see you for five or ten minutes. Does your toddler in a highchair cry or bang on the...
Finding Peace
Peace and Tranquility “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars…For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.” (Matthew 24:6,7) How can a person find calmness,...
Fullness of Joy
"You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16:11 Where Is Your Joy? When my little granddaughter began to walk, she giggled, and squealed, and waved her arms. She expressed great joy in...
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