Do you remember back in middle school (or for some of us it was much earlier) when the “popular girls” wouldn’t let anyone that didn’t “measure up” to their standards into their closed circle of friends? I can recall it like it was yesterday, that DN and CF would taunt me with cruel words whenever […]
A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 NLT The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense. Proverbs 27:9 NLT Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey […]
9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NLT 17 A friend always loves,and a brother is born to share trouble. Proverbs 17:17 GWT 33 Do not be misled: “Bad company […]
Honesty doesn’t have to be brash or abrasive, neither rude nor arrogant. And yet in our current culture where we toot the horns of transparency and ‘being real,’ we seem to have strayed into the fields of muddy maliciousness when speaking our truths. I’ve heard it said, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” […]
Still on my quest to conquer thirty-some years of accumulated ‘stuff,’ I came across remembrances of days that exploded with mama-emotion. Picking up the photo of my friend’s daughter who had passed away several years ago instantly caused my vision to go blurry with a flood of tears. I can remember praying for this young […]
Titus Two 