Nuggets

One day at a time.

LORD Jesus, I get it…I am not supposed to worry about tomorrow! You divided time into days and nights so that I have manageable portions of life to handle. When I get wrapped around the axle of what tomorrow may bring, keep on reminding me: Your grace is sufficient for me, but its sufficiency is for only

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“Normal” doesn’t work

Funny thing about ‘normal’ and ‘natural’…it never delivers what it advertises. We all start out as little children wanting what we want when we want it. Early on, when you didn’t get what you wanted you threw what my Mom always called a ‘hissy fit’. So whatever you felt determined how you acted. I remember

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The Ultimate Goal!

This is not a season of feeling, but a decision that we are in this together, one of us has to die to get out of here and I am committed by choice to make this the best relationship it can for us both. Committed to becoming as gentle as lambs and as compassionate as

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Relationships 101 – Part 1

It’s been awhile since we looked at how relationships develop in this country. It’s time to do a reprise. In the USA culture, the attraction mechanism usually begins with the viseral elements of attraction. I call them the 5 ‘goods’. Does He/She…Look good…Feel good…Sound good…Taste good…Smell good? Well, then, this must be THE ONE for

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What do you mean???

I have never known a new relationship where both parties were like calves looking at a new gate. (I’m not even sure I know what that means, but most new couples and newly weds either have similar agreements or…and I’m certain about this:) Each party has pretty good idea of how the relationship is going

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