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GEMS
My mission is to encourage people through writing.I would like to make you feel cheered, loved and understood. I want to relay a message of hope through God.No matter what the topic of conversation, I hope to affect you positively so you can in return be more loving, kinder and happier.I invite you to join me on this journey.
Disclaimer:Yes, I believe in Jesus Christ. Yes, I am human and have many flaws. Yes, I am a hypocrite. Yes, I am a work in progress.
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Keeping It Simple
Some of my examples include the fact that I’ve been saying for years that I want my kids to grow up with a servant’s heart, but I’ve done...
Jul 29, 20152 min read
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Meeting Jesus
As I listened to the sermon that listed the many prophesies of the coming of Christ and what would happen and then to the numerous...
Apr 6, 20153 min read
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Walking Towards Redemption
Each day of Jesus’s life led him to the day he saved the world. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever...
Apr 1, 20153 min read
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The Cancer That Really Kills
Susan was such an amazing person with a penchant for life! Sadly, her family and friends have been robbed of her contagious laughter and...
Mar 11, 20153 min read
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Tests
Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. For...
Feb 23, 20153 min read
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The Bible
The biggest take-away I’ve had so far during this sermon series is how few of us actually dust off our Bibles, open them up and READ....
Jan 26, 20154 min read
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Praise God: Win or Lose
Sisters, mom & me 2009 My sisters and I have a saying, “We will praise Him: win or lose.” Kind of makes you think, doesn’t it?!?! This...
Oct 9, 20143 min read
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September 11th
I’m even more emotionally confused this year because today is said nephew’s SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY!! I’m thrilled about the exciting prospect...
Sep 11, 20143 min read
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It’s Not Me
That’s what I call a GREAT POST!!! Of course, I’d been seeing bits and pieces of changes in this man through his statuses that showed up...
Aug 7, 20142 min read
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And Who Is My Neighbor?
The scripture reading was from Luke 10 where an expert of the law asked Jesus what he had to do in order to inherit eternal life because,...
Aug 5, 20143 min read
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Bethany United Methodist Church
SO, I thought I would share with you a list of questions that I was recently asked to answer because I was being interviewed for a DVD...
Jul 10, 20143 min read
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Freedom
It doesn’t take much to figure out how fortunate we are to live in the United States. Just look at the news and you’ll find country after...
May 22, 20142 min read
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Relying on God
For example, that final exam in Calculus when you were a sophomore in college that you fretted about for the entire semester…do you even...
May 15, 20143 min read
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Recharging
If you are hanging your head in shame…don’t get too upset because the average length of resolutions is three DAYS (my pastor threw this...
May 13, 20143 min read
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My Mom
My mom has Alzheimer’s. I could really just stop there because anyone who’s been around a person with Alzheimer’s understands the...
May 8, 20142 min read
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A Good Attitude
Within the last week I’ve spoken to precious people dealing with drug abuse, loss of jobs, divorce, spousal abuse, panic attacks,...
May 1, 20143 min read
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Settling for Second
There are many aspects of Jesus’ journey that we could ponder, but for me the one that hits home is the temptation of the worldly...
Apr 15, 20143 min read
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Encourage Each Other
Needless to say, it was not by ‘coincidence’ that I read the Hebrews verse below in a recent devotional I often peruse. But encourage one...
Apr 3, 20142 min read
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Spring Break
The week flew by for me and my boys as we stayed up late, watched movies, swam in heated pools, had sleepovers, went ice skating, enjoyed...
Mar 18, 20142 min read
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What Temps You?
Sharon, a member of the Girlfriends in God daily blog team, wrote about Eve listening to the lies of Satan when she chose to eat a piece...
Feb 20, 20143 min read
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