10 Beauty Secrets That Won’t Hurt Your Pocket

Did you hear that over $426 billion a year are spent by women on beauty products? There aren’t enough lifetimes nor money for a woman to try all the ubiquitous beauty advice, products, and services peddled from every corner of the eye.  But no need to part with cash today!  The Ultimate Beauty Book has costless…

To Fast or Not to Fast?

I would occasionally hear that this friend or that was fasting for the day. I respected it but didn’t see my need for it. When I was younger, my mom used to assign a helper to stand by my side to shell and pick out my crab so that I could eat the meat without…

Sincere Love Through Mercy

Romans 12:14 MSG Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. 19 Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody. Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. “I’ll do the judging,” says God. “I’ll take care of it.” Lord, if You struck…

When Blindness Clarifies Vision

2 Cor 5:7 For we live by faith, not by sight Our fears and anxieties can be brought on by what we see or otherwise perceive with natural senses. When what we see does not match what we expect or hope, it can shake our faith.  It is our physical/natural sight that blinds us from…

The Big Picture

Sometimes all we get are fuzzy clues. Sometimes the task for the day is just getting from one stitch to the next, one step at a time.  There are stretches of empty, arduous drab, and bursts of livening colour. All are essential to complete the design of the one who created the pattern.   Cooperation with…

Let’s Pray It By Ear

How long does a vapor last?  What freedictionary.com defines as “ Barely visible or cloudy diffused matter” lasts just momentarily. Really fleeting. That’s what the bible describes as the duration of our lives. James 4:14b  You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Hence, the prayer for wisdom to spend the finite, limited time…

Easter’s Hope for Today’s Trials (1Corinthians 15)

If today you are struggling to overcome trouble, temptation, (forgiving a) trespass (by others), or trial,  a terminal disease, do you know that Easter gives you a life-changing hope?      Beyond precious family time afforded by the holidays, spending time with traditional activities, hunting for beautifully-colored eggs, Easter is the celebration of the Resurrection…

Mind Set on Things Above

Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. When I put my oven setting at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, it doesn’t always accurately go to and remain at 350 degrees. There is a thermostat that detects when the temperature is going above or below the temperature setting and then the oven adjusts its heat emission to reach the temperature setting…

Bloom Where You Are Planted

In the first regular women’s ministry that I attended, our teacher often exhorted us with the phrase: Bloom Where You Are Planted. What I pick up from this is that you do not always get to choose the circumstances you find yourself in. But wherever the Lord allows you to be, wherever you are, do the…