Stories of Faith, Hope, and Love
Hello from Stress Central, (Spoiler alert: It’s all good stuff. Just a lot and all at once. And I found the cure for stress too.) Back when my kids were all in school, May was the best and the worst month ever. Spring weather and blooming flowers and greening up? Yeah! Looking forward to summer’s slower pace? Absolutely! Enduring the gauntlet of concerts, field trips, field days, awards ceremonies, continuations/graduations, and everything else the teachers
Is it already two weeks into the new year? Yikes. Time really does fly the older I get. But one thing doesn’t change and that’s my love for new chapters and blank slates and fresh beginnings. (Even if my left eye is still flashing at times with a curtain of floaters to keep things from getting boring.) As I said last time: “I’m more than ready to turn the page to 2026 and start the next chapter
He says, “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10 NIV) As I’m discovering more about what it means to “Abide” this year, I keep coming across this word “Still” and it’s honestly bugging me. Because I’m an overachiever. I like to make a list and then get things done. Check off those boxes and leave a wake of completed
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:4-5 ESV) When I started thinking about this new year, my mind immediately jumped