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Joy Robbers are a fact of life. Have you ever thought about what is robbing your joy? People most surely can rob our joy, IF we let them.  Don’ t you find at times that someone will aggravate you or make you angry. Watch out as that is robbing your joy to allow them to [...]

  Why do we live in a cloud of disappointment and depression when God’s word says we can have the "fullness of joy"….Psalms 16:11 Jesus Christ was a man that had many trials and rejections by this world.  He was beaten and cruelly crucified  for us, yet in John 15:11 he said the following  " [...]

  Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest.                                                                               [...]

  I continue to receive messages about resting in the Lord.  Yesterday I opened the mail to find a letter from my teacher in adult sunday school.  She sent me a pretty little card with the verse: Be still in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for Him to act.   Psalms 37:7 This [...]

Some common  responses to grief  are as follows. Reduced Concentration- there is a preoccupation with the loss of the loved one. Inability to focus and think is very debilitating. It can be hard to even find a reason to get up in the mornings. Don’t ask anyone to balance a checkbook, it just won’t happen. [...]

Grieving the loss of a spouse is hard work emotionally. Have you ever realized how difficult it is physically as well?  Loss of a spouse is a life changing event. I can attest to that as my first husband was killed in an accident.  Sudden death is pretty overwhelming. When a significant other dies so [...]

Are you feeling like you are the crazy one in the relationship?  Are you on a roller coaster ride where life goes from smooth to crazy in regular cycles? I want you to know there is “help for emotional abuse”.   For some people it can take years to realize that you actually are being emotionally [...]

Do you ever have days where your best laid plans are hijacked? Well mine were today.  I had all these plans to work on my business and taxes until the phone started ringing which hijacked my plans. How can I turn down lunch with a relative who has come to town from over 100 miles [...]

Loss of a child is very traumatic. I will not pretend to know what it is like to loose a child, as I never have. However I am very familiar with grief. I have lost a mother to a horrible car accident and a husband to an accident as well.  Neither are pleasant.  Grief is [...]