• Life,  Prayer

    New Year – Old Ways?

    Over the Christmas Holiday, I was “in Heaven” as our family all gathered at my house to celebrate.  The grandchildren were, of course, the life of the party.  After all of the gifts were opened, the festivities moved outside.  My two older sons took pride in taking their four-year-old nephew, Jonah’s prized remote controlled Monster Truck and running around the house with it.  A chase most certainly commenced and Jonah’s wails of bewilderment followed.  Gigi, no doubt, came to the rescue! “You boys leave that baby alone! Give his truck back right now!” Meanwhile, my one-year-old grandson, Carson, had just plotted an ascent up his own personal Mt. Everest. (It…

  • Life,  Prayer

    You Got The Next Minute!

    Ugh!!! Lord, I’ve failed again!  It’s just January 4th and I’ve already broken my diet (What? I got really, really hungry!), quit exercising (Yah, you know I just don’t have the energy that I used to.), failed to pray daily, (I fell asleep a few times before I remembered!), and I’ve not been faithful to read my Bible daily. (Again, I fell asleep before I remembered.) If this sounds like you, don’t let Satan trick you into thinking the whole year is lost!  You don’t have to wait until January 2022 to make a fresh start!  Perhaps you had a strong desire to do what is right when you made…