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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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Sleeping with the Enemy
Everyone likes a happy ending. The problem is that many of ‘sleep’ with the enemy on a regular basis. Not literally, but by keeping too...
Aug 21, 20142 min read
Telling Our Story
The message went something like this: Spreading Christianity isn’t about quoting the Bible, regurgitating a list of rules or even...
Aug 19, 20142 min read
A Change of Plans
The boys and Grandmother Jan in the backseat On Tuesday I discussed the importance of revisiting our 2014 goals and making an effort to...
Aug 14, 20142 min read
We Have Today
If I hadn’t written those 59 goals back at the first of the year like I had a bunch of time on my hands, I wouldn’t feel the pressure...
Aug 12, 20142 min read
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
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
When the Going Gets Tough
Complain? Hide? Get angry? Retaliate? Calmly evaluate the situation, ask God for guidance and proceed with His Plan? If you picked “e”,...
Jul 31, 20143 min read
What Matters Most
Case in point. I graduated from college in 1994 with a journalism degree under my belt and a job offer at my hometown newspaper. Life...
Jul 29, 20143 min read
Free Will
This line of thinking has brought me to the concept of free will. The fact that God created humans to choose which path they walk on is...
Jul 22, 20143 min read
Fairness
First of all, when we judge what is or isn’t fair to us…whose fairness stick are we using? Our own? Other’s? God’s? I would dare say...
Jul 15, 20143 min read
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
Foundations
by Ocean Wallpapers Have you ever heard one of those sermons that seemed to smack you right in the face and left your cheek burning from...
Jul 8, 20143 min read
Priority Management
I absolutely despise that this happens as frequently as it does!!! What is even more frustrating is when I ‘forget’ what my priorities...
Jul 1, 20143 min read
Meanies
Bullying is a hot topic these days. Campaigns, movies, classes and assemblies all address the same thing…people doing mean things to...
Jun 26, 20144 min read
Summertime
For me…it’s always been just a bit stressful. Of course, kids add a new dimension with activities and entertainment, but they also get...
Jun 10, 20142 min read
Grace
Of course, his teacher had given the definition during school, but he had forgotten…not so precious. Anyway, I told him that my...
Jun 5, 20142 min read
Putting the Past behind Us
This is a subject that never gets old because using the past as an excuse is like using arsenic to sweeten your coffee – it might not...
Jun 3, 20142 min read
Panic
These are all typical signs of a panic attack. I should know…I’ve been enduring these lovely episodes since I was in third grade. They...
May 29, 20144 min read
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
Road Signs
It’s not like I haven’t made that trip a gazillion times, but this one certain road change gets me every time. For some reason it sneaks...
May 20, 20142 min read
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