I Give Up

I.Give. Up.   Don't take that negatively. I don't mean it that way. I am not going anywhere. It's more of a frustrated & exhausted surrendering.   It's just that life turns on a dime sometimes. And so do people. And we are left with the aftermath, whatever it is.   And above it all, …

Being Anxious For Nothing vs. Another 4-Letter Word

Some of you are probably familiar with the passage in the bible that says "Be anxious for nothing but with prayer & thanksgiving make your requests known to God..." Phil 4:6 -- ~ and I like The Message version -  "Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, …

Keys

We all know about keys. What do they do exactly? They open things you can't get open otherwise, without breaking something. Where would we be without them? We would go around frustrated, tearing things up constantly, hurting ourselves in the process, cussing, running late, sometimes being rendered immobile & thus setting the tone for a …