Yesterday Ended: Healing the Traumas of Life

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text How are you doing with your relationships with your best friends? Has life and so many other priorities reduced your friendships to text check ins from time to time? How often do you make time for face-to-face conversation? Friendships are like plants. Even cactus and succulents need water from time to time. For a relationship to grow...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There's an old saying that says, “there's nothing as constant as change.” But we all know change does not happen quickly. And when we are trying to change bad habits and fears and worries it seems the struggle at times can be never ending. It's the old “two steps forward and one step back" scenario. So what do we d...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text With so much chaos in the world today so many people are looking for weapons that will make them feel safe. They're endeavoring to arm themselves to protect themselves. But the weapons we trust in should not be carnal or physical. The weapons we need must be mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. How can we defeat...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text How do we know that we are loved? Many songs and poems about love speak about feelings. But true love is far more than some sort of feeling or emotion. The word love is used so haphazardly in our culture. We speak about loving different foods and things and places usually because of the way they make us feel. Take a moment and think b...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Having a routine can be a good thing in that it enables us sometimes to move through a series of things and get things done without toil or challenge. I have a routine of how I make my tea every morning. I have all the essential tools and things I need to make a fine cup of tea. It's become effortless. I have another morning rout...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Have you ever been in a conversation with a good friend and been distracted? You could be distracted by your environment. You could be distracted by the time and that you need to be somewhere else soon. You might be distracted because you don’t feel well. There are too many distractions to name what could be taking your heart and mind...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text I didn't do a podcast last weekend because I was busy presenting my wood sculpture artwork at the Fall Beverly Hills artSHOW. To be in the art show I had to send eight pictures of recent artwork made within the last four years to be judged by a jury of professional artists. The judges look at each piece and also the collection of...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Back in the early 1900s there was a story that had a variety of other names and versions before it was finally published in 1930 as “the Little engine that could.“ The main element of the story is a small train engine is asked to pull a train over a mountain and is able to do so as it repeats the saying, “ I think I can I think I can....

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Last year the Los Angeles Rams won the Super Bowl. It was a season of 16 regular season games and 4 postseason games to become the Super Bowl champions. The battle has been won for them and they came out victorious. They are no longer endeavoring to overcome the other teams to win the title for the 2021 season because they are now vic...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text I have enjoyed playing board games throughout my life. One of my favorite games is the world conquest game called RISK. The board is divided into six sections or continents. I have found that the key to winning this game is to obtain the continent of Australia and the continent of South Africa. Having these two continents gives you 4...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. This is the serenity prayer written sometime in the late 1930s. Every person has something they want to change. The challenge is having the wisdom and acceptance to know something needs to be c...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There are many detergents in the markets these days. All claiming to clean and remove stains from our clothes. I am currently using a new detergent to see if that is true that it can remove the stains from my clothes. I have white work shirts that are no longer white and that are in desperate need of being cleansed. But the issue of c...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Can you remember what you had for lunch last Monday. I have absolutely no clue. Can you remember one of your early childhood friends doing something that hurt you? Perhaps my comparison is lopsided. The importance of our lunch is truly insignificant compared to the wounding of our heart. But the point I want to make is our memories of...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There is an old cliché that says, life is a Journey not a destination. It's not in the Bible but it's a decent modern day proverb. All too often we want to get to the end of things instead of going through the journey and being joyful in it. Many people don't want to go through what they might learn in the challenge the...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Stranger, acquaintance, friendship, relationship, family. These words describe the range of complete lack of connection to complete connection. We can be well connected on a small scale such as best friends or a small group of friends or a small family. And we can be connected to a larger group such as extended family or a local commu...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text One very large consideration these days when buying a car is how many miles per gallon does it get. How far can you go in it? When buying a mobil phone one big consideration is how big is the storage capacity? Gotta have room for tons of pictures and music. When buying a protein drink we read the label to see how much protein is in it...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text As I looked back over the episodes from the beginning of this year I noticed a trend. Being stuck at some point and trying to figure out which direction to go. Or not having the strength or courage to move forward. Does failure have you stuck and not moving forward? Are you dealing with Shame that has stomped on your heart?  What lies...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Used car salesmen have over the years been accused in general of being less than trustworthy to say the least. It is a terrible generalization that certain people of certain professions cannot be trusted. Not all politicians are liars. Not all police officers are brutal. Not all used car salesmen are scoundrels. Because of generalizat...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text So you order dinner from somewhere and have them deliver it. And then the waiting begins. That's one form of waiting. Instead of ordering from the restaurant you go to the restaurant and someone waits on you. That's another type of waiting. You plant a seed in a garden and you water it and you wait for it to grow. That'...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There is a repeated complaint that I am hearing from those around me, I am overwhelmed. The challenges of work and economic struggles and the antagonistic atmosphere of the world is working to crash faith in God's people. Those who watch the news are daily assaulted with senseless death and mayhem. But this is not the life promis...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Where are you? And a related question, are you there when you're there? We might be at a place physically but mentally we are somewhere else. You should have a set of keys to the house or apartment where you live. It's your dwelling place. You don't have to knock or ask permission of anyone to enter. It's your righ...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text It is almost inevitable for anyone who has a set of keys that one day they will lose them. At least for a period of time. Much of what is lost can be found or in some way restored. Unfortunately many of us have lost far more than a set of keys. We have lost our innocence, our faith, large portions of our lives, loved ones and much mor...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text Have you ever needed a hug? Most women will quickly respond to needing a hug. There are some overly masculine men who will deny that they need a hug. But they're lying to themselves and others. There are times when we all need a hug. Loneliness or the pressures of life endeavor to enclose us and separate us. But there's some...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text There are different terms that are used to describe relationships. Superficial or shallow depict relationships that have no substance. A casual relationship well not render lasting results between the individuals involved. Then there are the one-sided relationships where only one individual is giving while the other is only taking. So...

CLICK HERE TO LEAVE COMMENTS, ?? or prayer requests send a text For many people who have been working at a job for a number of years without a raise it can be difficult to approach the boss and ask for an increase on the paycheck. Being bold enough to declare ones worthiness of a raise is not easy for most folks. Most of it boils down to how good is your boss? Is your boss bossy or are they kind h...