Tag: abiding

Dirty Laundry!

02/24/2015Daily Life, , , 7 Comments

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Monday is Laundry Day in the Furrow household; the sheets are changed, and the hampers are emptied. With just two of us laundry day is only one day a week and usually only about four loads.

Don’t hate me. I didn’t breeze through laundry days as a young wife and mother. Laundry days were every day! Sometimes there was load after load of throw up towels and bedding. I washed pails full of soaking diapers and pre-treated (usually unsuccessfully) spit-up stains. And, of course, -click here for more->

The Spotlight of Self-Focus

02/20/2015Spiritual Walk, , , , , , , , 11 Comments

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In the third verse of the Bible God said, “Let there be light.” In the 27th verse, God created mankind, and ever since we’ve been turning the light away from God and onto ourselves.

Well, I have, anyway. This morning was no different. Brian and I had a disagreement, I let my anger explode, said things I shouldn’t have, put on my walking shoes and headed out the door.

Hmmm, what light was shining then? Well, let’s just say I had a choice; I could continue right here

Walking Uphill

02/10/2015Spiritual Walk, , , , , 8 Comments

There is a hill down the street from where I live that challenges me. The challenge is not so much walking the hill, but trying to figure out how it’s only half a mile down, but it’s at least two miles back up!

Sure, it doesn’t look all that daunting when you first turn onto the hill, there’s barely an incline.
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And, once you get past the first curve, it sort of drops off a little, but it doesn’t seem steep or difficult.
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And, granted, unless you’ve driven it, or walked it, you don’t know what’s around that curve; it could be something keep walking here

Missed Meetings

01/23/2015Spiritual Growth, The Furrowed Brow, , , , , , , 3 Comments

blog114graphicI heard you calling to me yesterday morning and when I said, “I’ll get to you later,” I knew I was lying. I lied to myself and I lied to you. When I told myself I’d meet with you later in the day I knew in my heart I wouldn’t. When I whispered to you, “Later,” I knew it wouldn’t happen. I know myself almost as well as you do.

“Come and sit with me for a few minutes,” you asked, but there was too much to continue here

State of Heart

01/20/2015Spiritual Walk, , 3 Comments

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Tonight the President will share with us the state of our great Union. He will tell us what he and the congress have accomplished in the past year, and outline for us the things he would like to accomplish in the year ahead.

As he speaks some citizens will think he hasn’t done enough and some will think he has done too much. There are people who think he is moving our nation toward greater things and others who think he is leading us to keep reading here