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Good Morning! Each morning I receive, by email, a short “devotional thought” from Dr. Charles Swindoll. He is the senior pastor of Stonebriar Community Church. His service can be listened to by using YouTube on your television or cell phone. This morning’s post is “wonderful & practical.” I felt compelled to share it on thisContinue reading “LIVING MERCY”

Good morning ! My husband and I are currently in the middle of an international “move” from Canada to the U.S.A. (Arizona, specifically). My days and weeks have been rather “full.” I’m moving towards the end of wrapping up our lives in Canada, and this morning, as I was having my time with the Lord,Continue reading “NEW STRENGTH”

Most of my delightful encounters have occurred in a very ‘ordinary’ way.  You know, when I’m minding my own daily business.  I was stationed in our front yard armed with my shovel and prepared for some serious plant removal.  Within minutes of beginning my “dirt” project, a thought appeared on my brain’s radar: “Dianne, takeContinue reading “MEETING A NEIGHBOR IN HER PAIN”

I’m guessing that the title of this story hasn’t really gripped you?  Or, has it?   In our world today, people seem to look for people and circumstances that are a “cut above” the ordinary.   Seldom do I come across others who are “content and satisfied” with who and how God created them to be. GenerallyContinue reading “ORDINARY”

This event was rather recent!  In public we’re still cautious due to COVID “caution.”   One day last week, we needed to make a visit to our bank.  Before exiting the car, we proceeded to “mask up” before entering the bank.  Funny isn’t it that years ago, a person entering a bank adorned with a maskContinue reading “AN HONORING GESTURE”

Renovation for Dedication At a particular job I had, for the first 30 minutes of every day I needed to sit with “the boss” and see what “his plans and directives were” as it related to the goals of the department.  He needed to set the agenda of my focus for my day. SOMETIMES WEContinue reading “HUMILITY”

A Partner in Leadership Acts 18:1-4, 18-28 Teamwork is a wonderful thing.  Priscilla and her husband Aquila were both in business together, tent-making or leather working.  They both had training in that field of cutting and sewing woven cloth of goats’ hair into tents.   They were a very effective couple due to a number ofContinue reading “PRISCILLA”

Women in Conflict Philippians 3:20 – 4:9; 2:1-8 Unity is a beautiful thing!  Webster’s dictionary helped my focus on this topic of unity.  Oneness, harmony, continuity of purpose, agreement were just some of the descriptions of unity.  Conflict is an inevitable issue in life, isn’t it?  It’s no wonder that we have courses on “conflictContinue reading “EUODIA & SYNTYCHE”

Facing Death & Grief – John 11 1-44                              “In this passage we will see how Jesus related to Mary and Martha in their grief, experienced their sorrow as well as his own, comforted them and demonstrated His power over death, to the glory of God.”  For any of us who have gone through the lossContinue reading “MARY & MARTHA“

A Business Woman Turns To Christ Acts 16: 6-15 Over and over in Scripture we read about “open heart surgery.”  This surgery is God’s Spirit working in the hearts and lives of people, bringing them to a point where they see, for themselves, their need of a Savior.  In the case of Lydia or anyContinue reading “LYDIA”