The Making of a Love Song

  As many of you know, I am also a musician and many of my poems eventually find their way into a song.  This past few days God has impressed on me to stop writing and singing about all the bad things I went through and start writing and singing about the good things – … Read more

I Will Not Lose Heart

  So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the … Read more

Cutting Dandelions: Finding Healing in Faith

A dirt path cuts through a sprawling field of yellow dandelions and white seed heads under a partly cloudy blue sky.

I am writing this as I was looking at the grass today, and how quickly the Dandelions grow back.  You know you can cut the grass one day and the very next day they are back.  Springing up despite all your effort.  Kind of reminds me of addiction.  You can try on your own. And … Read more

Quotes to Remember Our Fallen Heroes

REMEMBER We remember you, the fallen, the ones who gave their lives for our freedom.   You are not forgotten. Your love lives on in our hearts.  We cherish the time we had with you. Memories so sweet. And always, we love you. Quotes for Memorial Day God of our fathers, who by land and … Read more

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Who’s Report Will You Believe?

Who’s report will you believe? Yep. Lots of people have something to say, but just because they say it doesn’t mean it’s true.  Let me tell you a story. Our life has been a little crazy here the last 48 hours.  Yeah. But God has shown himself strong. On Tuesday my youngest child A. went … Read more

Printing with God’s Abundance

Printing with God’s Abundance? What are you talking about Miss D? Let me share a funny story. This past year has been our test – with relation to money. This is just one example of God’s provision in my life. We own our own small business, INNOVATIVETEKS,  an IT Consulting and Computer Repair Business. As in … Read more

When God is Everything

This is for my friend t.  Remember 911? I do. I was getting ready for work. I turned on the tv and saw the Towers go down.  Speechless. But yet nothing compared to what my friend t went through that day.  She was there that day – working. She survived. But her sister did not. … Read more

Are You Happy With Your Lot?

Are You Happy with Your Lot? Do you like your Life? How do you measure your happiness? What is your ruler? What do you do when stuff happens? This is what I got to come home to yesterday after church. Happy Mother’s Day – right? This is the 3rd flat time we have had in … Read more

Does Rape Open the Door for the Spirit of Lust?

Rape. It’s ugly.  Unwanted sex. Against your will.  Even though you say NO, he does it anyway.  The enemy has come to kill, steal, and destroy.  Surely those who rape others are operating in his Kingdom. It is wrong. And yes, sometimes it seems like they get away with it. But God saw. And I … Read more

Peace is a Guard

Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from … Read more

Finding Hope on a Dead End Road

DAILY PROMPT – REASON TO BELIEVE In Reason to Believe,, Bruce Springsteen sings, At the end of every hard-earned day / people find some reason to believe. What’s your reason to believe?   What a great prompt.  Why do you believe? Well, let’s see.  I lived 40+ years NOT believing in a God who cared about me – … Read more