Monday Quote

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ~ Christopher Reeves

Sunday Scripture

2 Chronicles 20:15,17 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's...Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

Saturday Links

Tales from a Mid-Life Mama shared gorgeous Dallas Blooms!

https://family5power.com/2025/02/25/dallas-blooms/ 

Song Dog Journal shared Ranch Wife Musings: Look Higher, a good message anytime:

https://songdogjournal.com/2025/02/25/ranch-wife-musings-look-higher/ 

God bless. 

Favorite Book Friday

When Fashion Turns Deadly (Falcon Point series Book 3) by Traci Hunter Abramson and Sian Ann Bessey suspense romance. A fascinating dive into the world of modeling and fashion design with theft and murder thrown in for a little more tension. The newest addition in the Falcon Point series.  

Wordless Wednesday

Preparing for Easter

Easter is a time of renewal. Jesus changed everything. 

As an abuse survivor, including my mother's scapegoat for years, I've spent most of my life in survival mode. I'm not sure I really know how to live any other way. 

First, I have to believe that God never intended me to live in survival mode my whole life. My Heavenly Father provided His Beloved Son as a sacrificial price for my sins, pain, illnesses, weaknesses. 

In 2021, my father became ill and shared it, unintentionally, with me. Having read and heard about the nature of the disease, I didn't expect to survive. I was older, extremely overweight, struggled with kidney trouble my whole life as well as digestive problems that required hospitalization and a special diet. I wasn't afraid to die. I welcomed the promise of peace at last. God had other plans. 

It took months to recover with a few side effects still unresolved, years later. 

Reading a friend's post on social media, I realized the illness threw me back into full blown survival mode. The gradual improvement of my health hasn't reduced survival mode.

I'm acknowledging my inability to find peace and health on my own and surrendering everything to God.

Monday Quote

Honor to a man who escaped those who enslaved him and returned to preach the Gospel to save them.

Sunday Scripture

Jeremiah 29:12-13 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Saturday Links

I appreciate Vicki Hinze's encouraging outlook:

https://christians-read.com/2025/02/14/peace-in-turbulent-times-by-vicki-hinze/ 

Bridget A. Thomas shared a poignant post on Trusting God:

https://bridgetathomas.com/2025/02/16/winter-storm-enzo-brings-a-lesson-of-trust/ 

God bless.

 

Favorite Book Friday

St. Patrick's Day is Monday. Celebrate with a story. 

Tough Luck 

The fourth novella in the series.

Welcome back to Holiday, USA, small town America, where nothing happens, except holidays... and maybe a little romance, if the hero and heroine trust God.

Holiday's playboy, Brent Kelly, returns home a changed man, if only everyone would believe him. The First Annual Tough Luck Run offers him the opportunity to prove he turned over a new leaf.

Cindy Garvey has worked hard her whole life, and now she is preparing to move from employee to business owner with her best friend. The last thing she needs is one more surprise in her life.

God provides the way to Happily Ever After, no matter how far astray His children wander...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KYXDFQ4/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d9_i4 

 

Holiday, USA Anthology 2014

All four novellas published in 2014 are available in their entirety in paperback, including the covers on the back, for those who enjoy collecting a series.

http://www.amazon.com/Holiday-USA-Anthology-2014-1/dp/150773459X/ref=sr_1_6

 

Thankful Thursday

Blessed rain

Worshiping with fellow Christians 

Gospel study

Strength to accomplish bush trimming

Food

Water

Friends

God's grace

Seph Schlueter - Never Known

https://youtu.be/T3Ors-XZDjQ?si=5r48F0DL6TzYHoKY 

Wordless Wednesday

St. Patrick's Day is next Monday.

 Thanks Donna Keevers Driver for creating this for me:

Sunday Scripture

Jeremiah 29:10-11  For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Saturday Links

Gail Johnson takes us to Step 2 of her 5 Steps for Success in 2025:

https://gailjohnsonauthor.com/2025/02/11/step-2-track/

Meeting Jesus with Donna Stearns shared A Writer's Heart: The Journey:

https://believe4147.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/a-writers-heart-the-journey/

God bless.

 

Favorite Book Friday

From an Unknown Sender (Falcon Point series Book 2) by Traci Hunter Abramson and Sian Ann Bessey suspense romance. Yes, I lost sleep because I couldn't put it down. 

Thankful Thursday

Beautiful weather

Church

Inspiring books 

Electric Fireplace during a cold snap

Dear Friends

God's grace

Country Roads - Lifein3D (John Denver cover) 

https://youtu.be/UehbU7xHU58?si=_AUPMqa01AuQBAt8

Wordless Wednesday

 

Monday Quote

"Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having."

~A Year with C. S. Lewis

 

Sunday Scripture

Colossians 2:6-8 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.