Making Mountains Out of Molehills

Cheryl - December 31, 2024

My husband has often told me that I make mountains out of molehills. In fact, he seems to think that all the women in my family do that.  Not that he’s wrong, after all, my sisters and I can labor over a decision at great length.  We’ve often nearly missed lunch by trying to decide […]

God Loves Her . . .

Cheryl - November 5, 2024

We’ve all probably had an encounter with someone that has gotten under our skin.  More likely, there have probably been several encounters throughout our lifetime with a variety of people that have managed to say the wrong thing at the exact moment when you don’t need to hear it and you find yourself wanting to […]

Shoes, Shoes, and More Shoes . . .

Cheryl - October 28, 2024

It was during a conversation with one of my sisters, that she suggested I might be able to come up with a fundraiser idea for my church at the time. Say what? I had never done any type of fundraiser in my life, unless selling Girl Scout cookies way back in the day counts.  I […]

God Uses Zip Ties . . .

Cheryl - October 28, 2024

Yes, you read that right, God uses zip ties.  Okay, please allow me to explain.  Several months ago, my husband (a huge lover of zip ties and bungee straps) was working on a project that required zip ties.  With said project complete and one remaining zip tie leftover, my husband handed it to me for […]

A Clean Slate

Cheryl - October 26, 2024

Are you one of those people who never delete a text or are you like me, you delete every text after reading it? I’ve asked my family, more times than I can count, to resend me the information they’d previously texted me because I’d deleted it without retaining all the information I needed from said […]

Thinking Out Loud . . .

Cheryl - October 26, 2024

Have you ever had those days when you’d really like to say out loud the words that are going through your head, but because you are a Christian, you can’t or don’t say what you are actually thinking.  Let’s just say (for example’s sake) that you are really in a hurry, but you need to […]

Read the Instructions

Cheryl - October 14, 2024

It was one of those days when everything seemed to be difficult, including something as simple as vacuuming my floor. With vacuum handle in hand, I maneuvered around furniture, quickly finding myself getting wrapped up in my sweeper’s electrical cord, and muttering in frustration that I wouldn’t have been able to do that again had […]

You are Stronger Than You Think . . .

Cheryl - October 8, 2024

Some time in the earlier part of last year, I started watching a series based in England, called “Call the Midwife.” Two of the show’s characters, one a young nun struggling with feelings of insecurity about her faith, and the other an elderly nun whose age and onset dementia left her feeling no longer needed, […]

Coincidence or Godincidence

Cheryl - October 4, 2024

There are those who use the word coincidence for things they can’t explain.  I, on the other hand, do not believe in coincidences, and have often found myself using the terminology (given to me by a friend), “Godincidence”.  That empty parking place that opens up for me, right by the door in the pouring rain, […]

Some Habits Are Meant to Be Broken . . .

Cheryl - October 4, 2024

If I’ve learned one thing about the human race, we are creatures of habit, and I confess, I have a few of my own.  I like to drink from a certain glass and I prefer eating my oatmeal out of a particular bowl.  I also have my favorite side of the bed (the side farthest […]

I Saw God Today . . .

Cheryl - October 3, 2024

I remember a scene from an old movie, the title of that movie, story line and characters I can’t remember, but that one particular scene is so clear to memory that the words enacted have stayed with me throughout time.  Although the words from that scene are not verbatim, their meaning are quite clear and […]

Looking for God in All the Wrong Places . . .

Cheryl - September 30, 2024

There is one question that I’ve been trying to find the answer to for years, more so just recently. It is part of the reason I feel certain that God has moved me to start a blog.  In living through the aftermath, of what I deemed to be non-Christian behavior, I found myself questioning whether […]