Let's see, we started this examination of Richard Foster's controlling principles of simplicity on January 19 ... there are ten principles so I should have wrapped up the posts last week. I've learned another lesson about simplicity and blogging: When life gets crazy, roll with it and hope your readers are still around!! Today, we'll look at the eighth principle outlined by Foster in Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth: Obey Jesus' instructions about plain, honest ... [Read More]
{Top Ten} Charleston Faves
Last week we took some of the senior adults from our church to Charleston. These trips are one of the best parts of Scott's job ... we love traveling with these sweet people who are such blessings to us in so many ways. So, this week's Top Ten Tuesday is all about my favorites in Charleston. 10. The Charleston BLT at A. W. Shucks ... piles of bacon and lettuce with thick fried green tomatoes on a hoagie bun with homemade chips. Oh. My. Gosh. Yum!! 9. All the cool pictures at Hyman's ... [Read More]
Compare Much?
When does a woman become an adult? Perhaps it's when she stops comparing her life to other women's. Linda Dillow, Calm My Anxious Heart: A Woman's Guide to Finding Contentment The comparison trap. Ever find yourself locked tight in it's strong jaws? Honestly, haven't we all been there at least a time or two? The journey toward contentment in my life has been a struggle. I've learned the necessity of counting - numbering each gift, each blessing, each moment and recognizing ... [Read More]
All is Gift
People who live in the truth, that is, people who are humble, realize that all is gift and that we are here on earth to be recipients and transmitters of God's grace. (32) Bishop Robert Morneau, Not by Bread Alone All is gift. Whether trial or triumph, all is gift. Do I believe that? Really believe that? How do we unwrap the gift we have been given? The gift of life ... abundant life ... life to the full. Do we rip through it never slowing to cherish the small, the slow, the still? Or do ... [Read More]
{Top Ten} Free – or Nearly Free – Kindle Books
I love my Kindle ... I don't have any sort of iPad envy at all because all I want is my Kindle. I take it with me EVERYWHERE. So far this year, I've read over 25 books because my Kindle is so easy to pick up and use. And of the 70 books on my Kindle ... I have paid more than $1.00 for about 10! And, because my Kindle will convert PDF files, I am able to download eBooks from sites like scribd and issuu and move them from my computer into my Kindle. {That's what I did with Brooke's ... [Read More]
What Has You?
{This post was originally shared on Gather Inspirit.} “For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford but far more. And they did it of their own free will.” ~ 2 Corinthians 8:3, NLT To be honest, this verse haunts me. As I read it again and again, I keep asking myself this question: Do I have my things or do my things have me? How tightly am I holding to things that rust and moth destroy? My heart has been aching lately over the truth that far too often I love the ... [Read More]
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