This week I had a challenging encounter with a person who I felt was exceptionally rude to me. I fussed and fumed afterward, venting my feelings of indignation and hurt with family and friends (gossiping). There was a little voice in my head that was saying, “try and see the hurt and angry child in …
Did you at one time have doctor or doctors tell you that your condition will be chronic and that, basically, you will never get well? That is was happened to me back in 1984 when my internist told me he had just read about a condition called, Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Syndrome, and that is what …
Recently I have been distracted with life coaching training and homework and have spent less time focusing on God. I definitely have felt convicted about this and missed my time with Him. I know that when I turn towards Him, I experience a feeling of peace and “going in the right direction.” Today’s reading really spoke to …
Recently I have been contemplating something that happened to me as a teenager. I wasn’t chosen to be on a particular team even though I thought I had performed perfectly. Someone else was chosen who I felt did not perform as well as me. I felt that it wasn’t right and it wasn’t fair that the …
Today this reading filled me with thanks that we should have a God that is always with us, protecting us, listening for our call for help and His voice saying here I am. …and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry …
Here is another day when I am tired and sad. My brother-in-law passed away, I had a long trip away for a horse show and not much rest, and my husband has been gone for almost a week. One thing I know to do is to rest. It’s mandatory for me. My spirits always plummet …
Poor Jeremiah! Just a normal guy until the word of the Lord came to him: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,before you were born I set you apart:I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jer.1:4, 8 Despite his protestations that he didn’t know how to speak, the Lord told him …
Let’s be frank about this. I am a bust at mindful eating. When I am eating alone, I fix my food, I sit down and eat while reading a magazine and half-watching the TV. I barely pay attention to what I am eating, although I know that it is healthy (plus for me). With so …
The title for my blog, Spring of Living Water, came to me as I was contemplating where the source of my faith originates, Jesus, and the story of the Woman at the Well (John 4:1-34). This is a story about a Samaritan woman who had gone to the well to collect water in the hottest …
Well, I am back from the retreat in Alabama at the Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat. The weather was gorgeous for January, had plenty of time to walk in the woods, and I saw three deer! However, the weekend did not turn out as I had anticipated. My plan was to spend time just sitting in …
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