No Room in a Thankful Heart

I remember having a conversation with someone several years ago and this person told me that she really struggles with the fact that there are some people around her that seem to have everything.  It appears that everthing in their lives is perfect.  She  has good looks, a good husband, well behaved and intelligent children, a good job that [...]

A Busy Month

I cannot believe how quickly the calendar for the month of December fills up.  Especially the weekends.  We just got through with Thanks giving and we have something planned for every weekend of the month.  But I love it.  I love all the events and the shopping.  It’s so much fun.
Tonight is the finale for [...]

Not in SC

This year is the very first time I have spent a Thanksgiving day somewhere else besides SC.  We decided this year that we would not make the trip.  There were several determining factors.  Gas prices, the fact that we were just there last week for a funeral,  and we will be going there for The [...]

The Perfect Tree

I spent most of the morning looking for the perfect Christmas tree.  Last year was our first Christmas in this house and we had a real tree.  It’s a good thing since the artificial tree we have would not fit in my den.  So I was off on a quest to find one that would [...]

A Sad Time

We are back in WV after a whirlwind trip to SC.  We got the call Wednesday that a man in our former church had passed away and the family requested that Charley do the funeral.  I guess we were the closest thing to a family this man had. 
The word faithful came up several times during [...]

My Favorite Time

 
I’m about as far from a scrooge as you can get. I absolutely love the Holidays. ( Meaning Thanksgiving, Christmas and New years.)  I love all the work that goes into it.  The shopping, the cooking, the going here and there, the busyness.  I’m not sure why but it’s my favorite time of the year.  I get sort [...]

The Most Imprtant Thing You Can Do

Have you ever had God just teach you something out of the blue it seemed.  Something you never would have understood unless He literally opened your eyes to it.  Maybe He does it because we are just so stubborn and hardheaded it the only way we will ever get it.  Sometimes He does it in [...]

How Did This Happen?

One of the things I have  noticed in the 24 years that I have been married is that no matter which family member begs and pleads for a new animal and then swears they will feed water and clean up after it, it always comes back to me to take care of eventually.  This is [...]

He’s Still Working On Me

I consider my a somewhat simple person.  I’m not a genius nor do I believe myself to be a moron.  And yet, as I look back on the many years of bible teaching and preaching I was exposed to during my youth, I am coming to the realization that not everything of was taught and so [...]

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is something that always came so easy for me.  I have always been so eager to forgive and forget.  Even if a person never asked for it.  I just believed they deserve the benefit of the doubt.  I figured most of the time when I was hurt it was probably not intentional.  I even [...]