Why do onions make you cry? Apparently there is a chemical known as lachrymatory-factor synthase which is released into the air when you slice into an onion. When specific enzymes react and rearrange in the air an acid known as syn-propanethia-5-oxide enters the air space where the onion was cut and comes in contact with […]
All times … not some of the time … not even when it’s convenient … all times. And all means all. Life is hard — I won’t argue with you. And I don’t know what you are going through right now — if I did, I’d probably ask you to pass the tissue box. Here […]
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, Ephesians 1:18 NIV Sister, as long as you have breath, there’s always hope … here’s an extra dose in case […]
I find it interesting that GOD knows we will worry, even if we have His love abiding in us. He recognizes our human frailty and imperfection this side of Paradise. So He gave us this reminder. Our Scripture verse reminds us that the best thing (which of course, is the GOD thing) to do is […]
And they remembered His words. Luke 24:8 AMP How many times have I started out my day ‘knowing’ that if I keep focused, my day will go smoothly, only to get three steps out the door and forget where I was headed? I’m not referring to some mental hiccup or menopausal cerebral glitch in time. […]
Everything means everything. That can be a tough pill to swallow if you’re in the heat of a difficult season in your life. Nonetheless, GOD commands us to be thankful in it — not telling us to be thankful for it — IN it, Sister. Part of me thinks that our loving Father makes this […]
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him 1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV What one thing do you wish GOD would’ve done differently about you when He was forming you in the womb? Notice that I gave you one line item […]
Sometimes I think we forget that it’s no less than a Triangular Affair when it comes to forgiveness. What I mean by that is besides the other person we are facing off with, there is also the other party we almost always continue to contend with long after the matter is said and done. That […]
A do-over — I labored as a child to avoid hearing those words. Erasers were my forever companion — the big ones that didn’t tear away at your paper after the umpteenth rub. The goal was to get it absolutely right the first time — perish the thought of having to fix a project or […]
Titus Two 