Old Year’s Night-This Year, There Will Be Fire

New Yearโ€™s Eve portends a year of hopeful questions. Old Yearโ€™s Night is the last day of an answering year. In every case, the answer is the same. If it didnโ€™t kill you, no matter what it was, you will never fear it again.  Old Yearโ€™s Nights prepare for New Yearโ€™s Days by way of …

Exhaled (a reboot)

And then, I exhaled. Iโ€™m committed to learning to breathe deeply. This is more than a metaphor. I am a shallow breather. According to people who teach meditation,   When we breathe in a shallow way, the body remains in a cyclical state of stressโ€”our stress causing shallow breathing and our shallow breathing causing stress. This …

Morning Devotional

โ€œGive thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Chroniclesโ€ฌ โ€ญ16โ€ฌ:โ€ญ34โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Praise is not only for church, and neither only for when things are good. We must learn to give thanks at all times. Itโ€™s been an up and down week.Some things have broken my heart, ot at least have …

Morning Devotional 8.8.26

Morning Devotional โ€œTherefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.โ€โ€ญโ€ญMarkโ€ฌ โ€ญ11โ€ฌ:โ€ญ24โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ For years Iโ€™ve said that โ€œprayer is not shopping.โ€ Prayer is a conversation which is often, in my case, open ended. When I do ask, it is for clarity, for …

Morning Devotional 8.7.26

โ€œAnd so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.โ€โ€ญโ€ญ1 Johnโ€ฌ โ€ญ4โ€ฌ:โ€ญ16โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ This may surprise many of you who know me well. I love all of Godโ€™s children. I love our diversity, our variety, and what we …

Morning Devotional 8.3.26

โ€œThe righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; The Lord will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmsโ€ฌ โ€ญ34โ€ฌ:โ€ญ19โ€ฌ, โ€ญ22โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ We are delivered.Following God does not mean that we live free from pain or heartache.Following God means that we are never …

Morning Devotional 8.3.26

โ€œThen he said to them, โ€œWatch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ12โ€ฌ:โ€ญ15โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Life is not the pursuit of stuff. Having grieved so many loved ones throughout the years, I am amazed at the amount of stuff we accumulate, only to …

Morning Devotional 8.1.26

โ€œbut those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.โ€โ€ญโ€ญIsaiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ40โ€ฌ:โ€ญ31โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Hope in God is powerful. Trusting God as the Author and Finisher of our lives forever changes the way we walk …

Morning Devotional 7.31.26

One year later, I am with my BBFFF Feli celebrating Roseโ€™s (Mummyโ€™s) birthday. I remain grateful for the friends and family surrounding me.Happy birthday Mummy. I am thankful to God for your embrace.Happy birthday ๐ŸŽ‰Thanks be to God for you. Morning Devotional from 7.31.2025 โ€œDon't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others …

Morning Devotional 7.30.26

โ€œOne who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.โ€โ€ญโ€ญProverbsโ€ฌ โ€ญ18โ€ฌ:โ€ญ24โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Gratitude Post Aheadโ€ฆI donโ€™t have friends; I have family. I have been blessed, throughout my life, with people who walked (or danced) into my life and stayed.I remember a niece of mine saying, …

Morning Devotional 7.21.26

โ€œI will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.โ€โ€โ€ญโ€ญJeremiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ31โ€ฌ:โ€ญ25โ€ฌ โ€ญNIVโ€ฌโ€ฌ Itโ€™s Tuesday, but for many folks, itโ€™s already been a week/month/season.What if we relied upon God? I mean REALLY โ€œcasting all our caresโ€ reliance. How would our lives be different? Soโ€ฆ.letโ€™s do it. Iโ€™m in. Join me. I DARE YOU TO FULLY TRUST GOD. …