The Journey

Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10  But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11  To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5:9-11 Wow! It's been a busy summer. My Garden of Weeden was a smash success! It was a bit overwhelming at the end, and between time with pain and lack of time without pain, I ended up losing a lot of produce. I just couldn't harvest, clean, peel and preserve everything within the time I had before they rotted to get it all done, so a lot of veggies rotted. All in all, I still had a bountiful year in the garden. I canned I don't know how many jars of tomatoes, I made homemade salsa, and canned it for this winter. My husband and kids said it's addictive and better than they buy! (HUGE coming from teenagers!) I f

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Galations 6:8   I planted a garden this spring. It's doing wonderfully too, so far. I honestly have never had anything I planted, outside, grow; especially not something I grew from seed. This year, when I planted tomato seeds, and every seed grew, I didn't have the heart to yank some, so I transplanted all 26 tomato plants. Of course that took most of my small garden space, but I managed to add 3 yellow bell pepper plants, 3 red bell peppers, 2 jalapeno plants, 6 green bell pepper plants, 4 mounds of cucumbers-1 in each corner of the garden, and a row of marigolds as an insect and critter repellant. It been an amazing experience for me in the "Garden of Weeden" as I call it now. I planted the seeds, watered them and God grew them. How simple is that?  Earlier today, someone made the connection between

I am having trouble writing lately. My thoughts keep getting all jumbled in my head, and by the time I get them down on paper, they make no sense what-so-ever. I don't understand it really. Usually when something bothers me, I write it, and it makes sense, suddenly, to me. Lately, however, so many things are running through my head, that it would be virtually impossible to unwind it all in one blog post. For now, I am going to sort out my feelings on Gluttony. A few days ago I was sitting in WalMart's parking lot waiting for my girls to return to the car. I saw this elderly man walking to his car. I was watching as he slowly walked to his car, using his cane, then he got in, and sat there for a minute. He started the car, adjusted his mirrors and such then slowly backed out of the spot. I noticed other men, young men, pulling in and out of their spots with more precision and speed. He didn't even notice them. He just went on about his business. My heart swelled with lov

I wrote this quite a while back, but it needs repeating every so often...... Be encouraged!! This is only a season. A stepping stone, and if you need it to be......a learning or teaching moment. Satan attacks us in ways we never think or imagine possible. He thinks if he can take away that which is most important to us (here on Earth), or that if he attacks When things are taken away, then he can cause us confusion. Why is this happening? How can it be fixed? CAN it be fixed? Is all lost? Know, my friends, this is not of God. 1 Corinthians 14:33 (New King James Version) 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. God loves you and wants you to know how much He wants to help you through this, no matter what decisions you've made to this point. 2 Timothy 1:7 (New King James Version)7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Confusion cause

Without going into detail, I took a hiatus from writing for a while. This whole endeavor is a learning experience for me, and a wonderful part of my Journey……I hope no one feels I cheated them or anything, but I needed time to reflect and redirect my life. I love you all, and I will be writing more and more as my time and experience allows…. Changes in the Mirror When we moved to South Carolina from Indiana, ten years ago, I think besides myself, the one in my family who had the most difficult time adjusting was my oldest daughter. She had just finished 4 th grade in Indiana and was starting 5 th grade here. She had many friends but two close friends in Indiana, and the three were inseparable, often sleeping over at one girl’s home on weekends together as a trio, always together during recess and gym activities, always on the same teams for games, many secrets shared…..you get the picture. When we moved here, she had to learn all over again how to make new friends. A year passed