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Using What’s Close At Hand

by | Aug 29, 2015 | Depression, healing, Mental Health

  At DIG this week we talked about activities in which we engage to find COMFORT, UNDERSTANDING, or RELIEF  in our lives. Here’s the list we made.  Add others that you think of!   Companion animals Prescription medications People who listen and help us gain...

Courageous Patience

by | Aug 23, 2015 | counseling, courage, patience

Today’s Sunday School lesson on Knowing and Following the Will of God was on the topic of “Wait.”   This, without a doubt, was the hardest lesson of the 12 part series. James 5:7-11  “Courageous patience” 7 Therefore, brothers and sisters, you must be patient as you...

ENTJ -Personality or Purpose

by | Aug 17, 2015 | boundaries, Calling, counselors

I was never a big fan of Personality Theories.  They seemed just a little too cute, concise, and predictive in a world that seemed to be anything but cute, concise, or predictable.  Over the years in various educational and corporate settings, I have undergone testing...

Firsts, Lasts, and Always

by | Aug 15, 2015 | family, grandmother

Today marks a landmark in our family.  Our oldest grandchild, dear sweet Catie Byrd, is settling into her college dorm room at Mercer University, five hours away.  She and her parents left yesterday with their and her cars loaded down with all the accoutrements...

Wish Lists

by | Aug 15, 2015 | recovery, responsibility, work

Over the years, working with women and families in conditions of poverty has been enlightening.  I hesitate to say “dire poverty”, because “poverty” is a relative term……Consider the poverty of people in Third World communities who lack clean drinking water or...

What Gifts?

by | Aug 9, 2015 | spiritual gifts

This morning as we talked about stewardship of our time, talents, treasures, and truth, we detoured into a brief discussion of spiritual gifts….Someone asked what about the “gifts” of disabled/handicapped individuals …..Downs, autistic, cerebral palsy, etc…..What is...

Now and Later…..

by | Aug 9, 2015 | Ministry

  There was a series of television commercials that featured sports figures and others who had just completed a win or accomplishment in which they were asked, “What’s next for you?”  The answer was, “We’re going to Disney World!”  Last week, with receipt of the...

When The Lord Shares His Thoughts

by | Aug 7, 2015 | Prayer

A friend and I were talking recently about sudden “insights” that come out of seemingly nowhere, but which she and I both acknowledged knowing are from the mind of God.  It can be somewhat disconcerting to suddenly know something that you have no reason to have known...

Spiritual Gluttony

by | Aug 2, 2015 | spiritual life

What a blessing it is to have a close spiritual friend, actually a couple of them or a handful of them, with whom one can share the joys and hurts of life! There are some of us, (okay, Sisters, you know who you are) who process emotions and seek understanding by...