Jesus Calling, prayer, Trust, work, worry

How to Accomplish More Doing Less

When you spend time with Me, I restore your sense of direction. As you look to me for guidance, I enable you to do less but accomplish more (Jesus Calling, August 29). I’m all about multi-tasking. Besides shopping the 70% off rack at Target, multi-tasking is one of my favorite things to do. Maybe I love multi-tasking because I feel like I’m …

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God's faithfulness, Noah's ark, ocean, prayer, promises of God, tides, trials

Tangible Promises of God

You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they (the oceans’ waters) cover the earth (Psalm 104:9 addition mine).I was helping my elderly neighbor clean out her desk yesterday. She is legally blind, so she needed me to read EVERYTHING and help her make a decision of whether or not something should be thrown away. She hates wasting …

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armor, Back to School, battle, children, prayer, spiritual warfare, students, teachers

Back to School and the Armor of God

Dear Readers, I posted this earlier today, and after a very wise comment from a friend, I decided it needed some tweeking. During the tweek the entire post and comments were lost on the blog. I apologize! But here is my second attempt. Hopefully I’ve explained my thinking better!Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on …

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family, freedom, lessons learned, marriage, Military, peace, pride, Sacrifice, War

Never Say Never

I have done almost everything I said I would never do. One of those nevers was that I would never date much less marry a man in the military.That was my stance when I was hired to teach school in Killeen, TX. Before I moved to one of the largest army posts in the country to teach middle school English, I considered myself a …

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anxiety, children, drivers license, fear, peace, prayer, Trust, worry, worship

Stop. Drop. Look Up: Advice from a Mother of a Teenage Driver

I’ve been through this twice already. Shouldn’t it get easier? Two children have successfully learned to drive, and we all survived. Yet here I stand at the threshold of one year closer to retiring taxi duty, yet I’m filled with bitter-sweet emotions and a tad bit of worry. I don’t want to worry so… I’m choosing to stop worrying, drop to my …

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