Do you remember almost ten years ago when stick figure drawings of "Be like Bill" were the craze? All of a sudden social media was flooded with people creating their own personalized memes of why we should "Be like Bill." It was amusing for a while, but like any craze it soon lost momentum. Let …
I walked into the garage, looking in my handbag for my sunglasses and then I felt something brush past my face. I glanced down, and there it was- a huge huntsman spider had dropped from the ceiling and landed right at my feet! That hairy arachnid would have landed right on my head if I …
This little ol' blogger just hasn't been in the mood to blog, or had the mental energy to write creatively lately. Yet here I am. Drawn to tap out my thoughts and discover what this post evolves into. Isn't that what writers do? To be honest, I have felt a little lost in blog world …
Do you have peace? I'm not talking about peace in your circumstances but peace in your soul. The peace Jesus assured for His followers when He said, "Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful."(John …
This is New Years Day and 2023 is a blank slate. None of us know how the pages of our story will unfold. Sure, we can set our goals and make plans, but ultimately... A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.Proverbs 16:9 By the end of 2023 this now blank …
Thanksgiving is not officially celebrated here in Australia. So it has been refreshing reading blogs of my WordPress friends where Thanksgiving is the focus and it is celebrated with a public holiday! I thought it would be fun to join in on the theme and share an excerpt from my gratitude journal. Each day I …
She slipped me the envelope this morning as we crossed paths at church and said, "I'm so embarrassed; this is something I was given to pass onto you, but I've had it for the past year and forgot about it until I switched handbags today and found it!" When I got home I opened what …
The very word "assignment" casts my mind (way) back to high school. Nothing used to strike fear into senior students more than a maths assignment handed out by Mr Payne. The assignments were always notoriously difficult, and with trembling we would cast our eyes over the requirements and inwardly groan, knowing there was a high likelihood …
Have you ever lost something and were desperate to find it? Three decades ago I had a dream in which I was searching for a child called Grace. I had to find Grace. The dream impacted me greatly at the time, and I woke from it knowing that if I ever had a daughter, she …
Nine months ago I felt that I got to hit the "Play" button on my life once more. For the nine months prior to that, I felt that my life had been put on "Pause." As a brand new blogger at the time, I wrote about that here. I say "felt" because feelings are not …
Quietly Roaring 