To most people, I seem very outgoing and extroverted but by definition, an extrovert is one who gains energy from their interactions with people. One the other hand, an introvert is one who expels energy from their interactions with people. I am an introvert. When I think of an extrovert, I think of my son….
Author: Starla
Advent 2021 – Second Sunday
Today is Dec 5, 2021. It is the 2nd Sunday of Advent. We have journeyed through the first theme of Advent: Hope! Christ is our hope. This week we move into our second theme: Peace! At church today we heard a Christmas song that I have heard many times but this was a little different….
Hope for the hurt places
The other morning I was driving into work and praying. I was thinking about what the Lord is doing in my life. It’s been really rough in my soul for a while. But this past week things have shifted. Finally. I remember saying, “Lord, it’s like you just woke me up to life again.” I’m…
Promise of Hope
The Lord always seems to bring me full circle. Just when I think I know what He is doing, I get lost and don’t know what is happening and then bam – there He is again – linking all my yesterdays to my today’s and making sense out of messes that I didn’t even know…
God with us! Emmanuel!
Back in 2007-2008, it was a season of life where so many things had happened and I was struggling. Hope was dwindling with the death of people who brought so much joy into my life. It starting when my Poppy went to sleep and then didn’t wake up, Aunt Janice had passed away, a few…
Thrill of Hope
What I love about Advent is the word literally means “coming” and the season itself is to cause us to watch for His coming. Are we watching? How much of his revealing do we miss? And does missing his arrival into our everyday lives cause us to become weary? It’s in the season of Advent…