Author: Pam R

I love music. I love the way it bypasses all the dizzy and fuzzy parts of my brain and settles in to give me an earworm that sings to God. Thank You, Father, for music. Thank You, especially, for the praise music You knew I would need. *** Sing, all you who remain faithful!Pour out…

I woke my computer up this morning to find that today is World Brain Day. *** If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn’t.Lyall Watson *** Science tells us to care for our brains the same way we do our bodies: learn new things, eat a…

Grace and peace be with you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus the Anointed.Whenever you cross my mind, I thank my God for you and for the gift of knowing you.Philippians 1:2-3 The Voice To everyone who reached out to me with warm wishes and kind words through cards, emails and texts, thank you….

When anxiety overtakes me and worries are many,Your comfort lightens my soul.Psalm 94:19 The Voice *** Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. William Shakespeare *** All praise goes to God, Father of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One. He is the Father of compassion, the God of all…

What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead.Hebrews 11:1 Living Bible *** The worship service we watched on Sunday featured this song. I had never, to…

Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows; but cheer up, for I have overcome the world.”John 16:33b Living Bible *** Years ago, I heard someone say that if you can’t sleep at night, pray. If the devil is keeping you awake, that is the last thing he wants you to do. And…

And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.2 John 6 NIV *** One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience – that we read His Word, we’re obedient, we pray,…

Both day and night belong to you;you made the starlight and the sun.Psalm 74:16 NLT *** As an effort to loosen the Eustachian blockage, I’m taking large doses of prednisone and Sudafed. Insomnia is a side effect of both medications. Probably inevitable given the circumstances. Most of us can handle one sleepless night. I can still…

Cathy texted me. “Hi Have you stopped writing your blog?” Yes. No. Maybe. I don’t know. I told her I’d hit pause, hoping that was true. What is true is that the last 2+ months have been one thing after another. First, a wonderful vacation with difficult physical challenges. Then a month of Covid with…

*** “True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth.” Eleanor Roosevelt *** When we say, ‘One nation under God, with liberty and justice for all’,we are talking about all people. We either ought to believe it or quit…