The “Whoa’s” Of Life
Are you “WHOA-ED” by life?
Are you “WHOA-ED” by life?
I wrestle with social media. As I’m sure many of you do as well. What was once just a platform to keep up to date on what’s going on in people’s lives (like Facebook), it has now become a place to showcase outside news, informative articles, opinions, perspectives, etc. There is this hesitancy among my…
Summer has officially begun for us! School is done and the official youth group season is done, though the festivities continue! Turning the calendar today reminded me of the blessings of May. Of what May entails – the changing of seasons, the bursting forth of flowers, the beginning of newness of life. I look at…
Pictures filled my social media pages of friends who captured the northern lights here in West Michigan. Our family has been on the search, but we always seem to miss the most opportune times. We heard the lights were going strong once again, so we said, “Okay, TONIGHT we are going to stay up late!”…
Unbusy. Have you ever thought about what that word means? Pretty sure it is a word that is not part of our common vocabulary. In fact, it’s quite the opposite it. Busy. We are all busy. Someone asks how we are doing and we say “busy.” We think about what we have to do in…
Imagine waking up on the first day of school with no panic, no hurry, and no wondering if the kids are going to miss the bus or get to school on time. Just imagine. Does that seem like a far-fetched dream? Well, it doesn’t have to be! It all starts 2 weeks before! Yes, 2…
Fear. Fear of the present. Fear of the future. Fear of the past creeping up again. We may fear others. We may fear the unknown. We may fear even ourselves. Fear is debilitating. It is like “freeze tag.” It’s all fun and games until someone whips you across the body with a “freeze”. This is…