Life’s Journey #9: Feeling My Age
Are there days when you can literally feel your age in your bones? The little creaks, pops, and pain? The sagging skin and weakening eyes? Do you feel sore after doing a chore or task that you have done for years and years and it never hurt before? Maybe you have a...
Life’s Journey #8: My Pick-Me-Up Scripture
Hi, Sweet Circle. It has been a week! I have struggled a little bit emotionally over the last couple weeks due to the accumulation of several unexpected changes. Here are some of the changes that came my way over the last 10 days... New meds...
In The Word #10: When We Are Tempted
"Then Jesus said to him, 'Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve."' Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to Him." ~ Matthew 4:10-11 Recently, my husband and I went to the...
In The Word #9: Names, Names, & More Names
My father-in-law James Turley was passionate about the genealogy of his family. He had traced back the Turley family, in some cases, to before they immigrated to the United States. He had a great deal of knowledge of the maternal branches of the family tree as well....
Life’s Journey #7: “Are knitting and crocheting idols for me?”
"Are knitting and crocheting idols for me?" That is the question that I recently asked my counselor. It seemed to me that there was a brief look of confusion on her face when I asked that question. I honestly did not want to explain because I feared that if she said...
Life’s Journey #6: “In Jesus’ Name” by Katy Nichole
Hello, Sweet Circle. My eyes were damp with tears as I finished reading an email and listening to a song sent to me by Beth at Proverbs 31 Ministries today. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I have a rare autoimmune disease that leaves me in pain most...
In The Word #8: My Idol Was All About Numbers
About 20 years ago, I had a major issue with idol-worship. I worshiped numbers of all kinds. The numbers included how much I weighed; how much I lost; how much I gained; my clothing size; my calorie intake; how many times I ate eat day; etc. My idol was body image. I...
Life’s Journey #5: Where God Met Me This Week
On three occasions at different times in my life I have been asked to create a timeline of all the major memories and events that I can recall...good or bad...from my past. This is quite a task as I have a lot of years under my belt! Each time I complete a...
Life’s Journey #4: Some More Scripture on Friendship
I have been on a journey to develop and deepen my friendships with other women. (See Life's Journey #3 for more on this.) I have felt that I have a lot of general friendships, but not many deep friendships where I feel that it is safe to talk to them about anything,...
Behind The Scenes #8: My Favorite Things
Hi, Friends. I love sharing the Behind The Scenes descriptions of the website elements as part of my journey with you. I know why I picked the elements and pages that I did, but you do not. I can't speak for other websites, but every single decision from font...
In The Word #7: When the Lost is Found
Have you ever found something that you did not realize you had lost? That happened to me last week. I was looking for a t-shirt to wear with some of my comfy pants since I was going to be home most of the day. I wanted to feel like I was in pajamas...
Life’s Journey #3: A Few Nuggets from My Silent Retreat
Hello, Sweet Circle of Friends. Last week, I was on my second Silent Retreat. It wasn't at a conference center or hotel or hermitage. I found this little gem on AirBnB in December 2021. It has been my own little miracle from God. It is a...