I sometimes wonder
what happened to people
who have asked my sister
for directions.
*Credible Family Folklore has been passed along that Ivan Getting, Bradford Parkinson, & Roger Easton developed GPS – shortly after having received directions from her.
Just sayin’.
Giggles.
hugs n’ birthday blessings to a special sister – who is (eventually) (almost always) (most times) headed in the right direction.
Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.
Proverbs 12:25 NLT
Have you ever worn ankle weights at the gym? Suddenly even a task like walking takes extra effort. When considering your worries, picture yourself as a person with ankle weights who has never worked out. Worry does nothing but add heaviness to your life. When you take into consideration that we are called to run a race, it is significantly more difficult to run with our ankles carrying weights. The solution seems to be right in this verse, but sometimes we find ourselves in seasons where an encouraging word from the outside seems scarce.
Continue reading “weight of worry”
Then…
I passed a car on the interstate sportin’ a California license-plate.
Actually, they passed by ME speedily, which is probably what drew my attention to their plate.
“What the fritoes!”
Traveling along the Northwestern Pennsylvania highway a CA plate is not a common site in our neck of the woods!
After my initial shout-out I paused, offering a prayer for the occupants inside the blurr now long ahead of me, that they be protected given the speed they were currently traveling.
Yikes!
Personal note: You never know what someone else may be going through, which is why we should be mindful to pass around the fritoes, sparingly!
Continue reading “a-cownting”
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