Hannah, over at Choosing Hope, shares courageous inspiration:
https://choosinghope.live/2025/03/09/collecting-scars/
JoyRoses13, over at Nuggets of Gold shares short stories, and this delightful addition to her collection is sweet and made me laugh out loud:
https://joyroses13.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/the-caterwauling-cacophony/
God bless.
More Than This by Staci Stallings Christian romance. I've read this before and enjoyed reading it again. Staci tackles tough topics, and this story was close to my heart.
After a taste of summer, a return to spring
Leaving the door open
Favorite books/series
Opportunities to serve
Worshipping with fellow believers
Family
Friends
God's grace
Danny Gokey - Only For a Moment
https://youtu.be/0nfXhX4eY6c?si=si9b6llaz2rkcnoK
Tomorrow is April Fool's Day.
Believe nothing
and trust no one.
Just like any other day.
Song Dog Journal generously shares her world of being a Ranch Wife:
https://songdogjournal.com/2025/01/29/ranch-wife-musings-the-best-life-we-can-give-them/
Gail Johnson shared Step 5 of her 5 Steps for Success in 2025:
https://gailjohnsonauthor.com/2025/03/04/step-5-seek/
God bless.
And the Greatest of These is Love by Staci Stallings Christian romance. A heartwarming story of repentance and redemption.
Friends checking on me and watching out for me
Favorite books
Church
Air conditioning for hot days
Gospel study with friends
Food, water, shelter
God's grace
Seph Schlueter - Turn It To Praise
https://youtu.be/8EPGgJPB-Ls?si=CEfIYPEKDqBGmZhm
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ~ Christopher Reeves
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.
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.
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.
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.
Honor to a man who escaped those who enslaved him and returned to preach the Gospel to save them.
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.
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.
St. Patrick's Day is Monday. Celebrate with a story.
Tough Luck
The fourth novella in the series.
