by cazmac9910 | Apr 3, 2017 | Faith, God's Grace, God's love, gratitude, Oozing
When I am in the middle of something awful, something like my Caeleb’s pain, a lengthy hospitalization, the loss of my job, or even being verbally attacked, I feel like the world is coming down all around me. “Surely I won’t make it through this! ...
by cazmac9910 | Mar 27, 2017 | God's love, gratitude, Living Life, Oozing
I have finally accepted something. I will always have physical pain. I will always have my heating pad plugged in and available and taking breaks to stretch is part of my routine. I’m not talking about just the regular aches and pains you get as you age, but...
by cazmac9910 | Mar 24, 2017 | Children, Doubt, God's Grace, God's love, gratitude, Oozing
My oldest son, Julian, is 20 and my youngest, Caeleb, is 11. There is almost a ten year age difference between them. When I had Caeleb, I truly felt like a new mom simply because the baby gear was so much nicer and high tech compared to 1996! Whoever invented the...
by cazmac9910 | Mar 6, 2017 | Family, God's love, God's Word, gratitude, Oozing
“Blood is thicker than water, ” is the old saying that tells us that blood relationships are the most important. I grew up in a tight knit family of four, and we never had friends over on Thanksgiving or Christmas. It was never a thought to even...
by cazmac9910 | Feb 20, 2017 | gratitude, Living Life, Oozing
Last night I had some writing to complete. I am speaking at an event in Missouri this week and my talk was all over the place! I had so many ideas and they just were not organized the way I had wanted them to be. I needed to have some quiet…some solitude to try to...
by cazmac9910 | Jan 30, 2017 | Family, God's love, gratitude, Living Life, Oozing
Today in worship, we celebrated communion (I like that our second service celebrates communion weekly). After receiving the elements, I went to the altar to pray…and I had no words. I wanted to talk to God after that special moment of communion, but my heart and...