{This post originally posted on August 19, 2014, and was updated September 9, 2020} Today I received the new book, The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst and I’m looking forward to reading it! And I need to. I’ve made my share of wrong ‘yes’ decisions. But today I’m making the decision to focus on learning how to make better yes decisions, with Lysa's new book. I was thinking about some of my best yeses and many of them were originally a no. Marrying John and accepting Jesus as my Savior, both in Continue Reading
We Fear the Unknowns but we are not Unknown
Sometimes when you have a dream, you have to chase it regardless of the unknowns. Last week I did just that in Charlotte, NC to attend a writer's conference. It was a wonderful experience and I gained HOPE in so many areas. I went with many unknowns and even felt unknown at times. A gal I only barely met one other time rode with me. Thankful to have Yohanna in my passenger seat. We prayed before we took off and had God’s sense of presence with us the entire time. Even when we were stuck in Continue Reading
A Metamorphosis Experience
Watching the metamorphosis of a chrysalis to a monarch was a beautiful experience. A few weeks ago we got to see this at our home in Ohio. The end of summer calls for cleaning up the flower beds. As my husband was cutting back bushes and flowers the end of September he noticed a “green thing” hanging from our window shutter. We had no idea what it was and soon forget about it for several days. Turns out this “green thing” with gold dots was a chrysalis. As I looked closer at the gold Continue Reading