by ssadmin | Oct 27, 2022 | Daily Journaling
Question number one: Have you ever been lost or separated from your family or friends? It can be terrifying for the one lost and the ones searching. For years, my mom and stepdad worked the Lost and Found station (an old caboose) at the Florida Strawberry Festival....
by ssadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Daily Journaling
It’s that time of year when people are carving pumpkins and feeling fallish. You may have already carved a pumpkin. The creatively chiseled creation just may be shimmering in the night on your front porch. If you live where the weather is cool, and it actually feels...
by ssadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Daily Journaling
One week ago today, while snailing along Interstate 4, my husband called to inform me that the Polk County Sheriff deputy that we heard was killed earlier that morning was the grandson of a dear friend who had recently retired from working with Tim for 22 years. Tears...
by ssadmin | Oct 1, 2022 | Daily Journaling
For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Romans 8:19 This morning I was sitting on the back porch, reading God’s word, and attentively aware of all the sounds of nature around me. I would read a few...
by ssadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Daily Journaling
“What is forgiveness?” “When someone does something to you that hurts your feelings, how does it make you feel?” “Have you ever hurt someone and then you felt bad about it later?” “Should we forgive others?” While casually asking the above questions to a group of...
by ssadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | Daily Journaling
I was sitting on the edge of the stage, ready to share a bible story and lesson with about seventy energetic kindergartens through second graders. While they were entering the room and finding their place to settle down, one precious little girl sat in front of me....