Thanks, folks, for your kind encouragement.I am in an odd place today. I am wondering if, at some level, I have been deceiving myself about my eating. I want to be sure I always offer this to...
Holy Struggle Summarized and Lived…
It is so odd to me during my study of this book with the name of Get Thin, Stay Thin...well, I gained weight. Yes... I actually began the study thinner than I am now at the end of studying it. Isn't...
Holy Struggle – Part 7
God is at work! Sometimes it is easy to forget that He has made some promises for us..."He who began a good work WILL complete it until the day of Christ!" (Philippians 1:6)Continuing my reading in...
Of Neurotic Golden Retrievers and “Personal Growth”
God must have decided almost three years ago that our family needed to be tested...so, Daisy entered our lives. (I didn't name her...her former family did...) Don't be deceived...that cute,...
Holy Struggle – Part 6
In the mid-80s, the Nike sports-shoe company was losing a lot of ground to Reebok. As "legend" has it, the "Just Do It" campaign was birthed during a meeting when someone threw out the comment "You...
Got Joy? Eat Sara Lee!
If you believe what you read or see, then all there is to grabbing a hold of joy or happiness is some chicken nuggets or Sara Lee cookies or cakes!I have finally figured out that my joy and...
But I don’t like it…Holy Struggle – Part 5
I don't want to feel silent hunger.I don't want to feel a sense of failure.I don't want to keep trying things and not get it PERFECT! (Duh...I don't seem to have gotten past this!)The more I...
Perspective – Holy Struggle – Part 4
Have you ever been in traffic ... (who hasn't?) and couldn't see what was holding you up? All you knew was that everything was at a sudden standstill. You didn't know if there was an accident or...
Get Rid of the Baggage!
...let us throw off everything that hinders...Hebrews 12:1bThe video below may be very hard to watch. Supposedly no horses or people were permanently physically hurt or killed in this video (there...