Joy is not happiness. I have heard this statement – or ones just like it – more times than I can count. I have heard entire sermons preached around this statement. Joy is much more internal and not dependent upon circumstances or situation; while, happiness is an emotion that is…
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A Benefit of Regrets
Seasons. I have heard so many times that the beauty of living here in Virginia is the change of seasons. The chance to experience all four of them. And while I enjoy the newness of spring and the glorious colors of autumn, I still maintain I could be a one-season…
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Looking for Open Doors
Resolutions. You either love them or hate them. And, apparently, whichever opinion you have….feelings can be strong! However, even those who shun resolutions often embrace goals, themes or words for the year that help them focus. Very similar – but somehow different. Just what is it that makes us hesitant…
Encourage Someone To Shine
I had a special afternoon recently. I had lunch with two “old” friends. My friends aren’t old but our friendship is one we enjoyed years ago – when our children were all very young – but life carried us in many different directions. Now, we are all in completely different places…
Faithful – Even for One
The need for our “why” – or what it is that compels us to continue. To keep pressing on, or to stay in the fight, and that which really gives us purpose. I (briefly) mentioned the importance of this last week. It was a “five-minute” post and therefore brief, but…
Revival Begins With Me
October is not quite “in all her glory” but she is certainly showing herself:) These past few weeks have been oh so lovely – and apparently beautiful days pull me away from the computer. It has been two weeks since I posted…but I am loving all the fun that autumn…
Producing Fruit
Last week I visited an apple orchard not (too) far from my house. It was a pretty drive out towards the mountains and the day was perfect. There is a house on top of a hill on the property with a full wrap-around porch overlooking the orchards. Add in some…
Promises – not Platitudes
The last several weeks have been peppered with sudden and unanticipated deaths. More than just a couple and all were people of my age – in their mid-50s. It is very sobering, to be sure. Any death, but especially those that are so unexpected, can lead us to question and…
A Cheap Substitute for the Abundant Life
If you caught my Instagram this morning, you would have seen a beautiful photo from my son’s rock climbing this weekend on the “Billy Goat Trail” in Potomac. You might have also read my recap of a thought from a devotional my husband and I read today. It said, very…
A Little Letters Look At August (2019)
Another month almost in the history books. With school back in session and all the windows open, summer feels like it has come to an end. Actually, there is one whole week left in August and, yes, fall is not official for days after that but, really, summer seems done. …
Time for a Priority Check
I’m curious. When you were in school….did classes resume before or after Labor Day?? We always started back the Tuesday after Labor Day. Granted, that was years (um, decades) ago but I thought it was the norm. Until my own children went to school and their new school year always…
Two Special Birthdays
The full spectrum of life. Both ends. I posted yesterday that, over the weekend, I had celebrated both. A girlfriend’s new grandbaby and a friend’s 90th birthday! Maybe it was because they were back to back, but the two events definitely caused me to get reflective. Both are poignant reminders. …
