Yesterday I created a new playlist on my Spotify. It’s a little-known fact that I have an extremely strange collection of playlists on my phone. I like to pick out common themes in the music I listen to, and this particular playlist came to me after I recalled some lyrics to an old Rita Coolidge…
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Christmas has always been my favorite holiday of the year. This year, however, I was burdeneded by a feeling of utter defeat and all of the joy that I usually feel at Christmas time sort of fluttered away. Thinking back over the past twelve months, it was a constant struggle in one way or another,…
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I recently had someone ask me if I was married (again) yet and much to my chagrin, this made me think. I really don’t need to be married. I’m not waiting for a knight in shining armor to rescue me from some horrible existence as a single person. I have a king who rescues me…
Read more Today’s Pondering~The Power of One
This week, we learned that the Queen of England passed away. I saw many people expressing great sadness over the loss of this woman and wishing the incoming King a successful reign. I thought this seemed odd being as we made a very conscious effort to separate ourselves from England and the monarchy back in…
Read more Today’s Pondering~The King of Kings…
In honor of my birth month, I’m offering a sneak peek at several of our newer audiobooks in this week’s post! Lucky you! Check out these awesome titles on Audible and iTunes! (Links provided are for Audible) Stop by the HGBM Shop to pick up the paperback versions of these and other great HGBM stories!…
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My fiftieth birthday is looming. In about two and a half weeks, I’ll be half a century old. This has been weighing on me a bit. Usually, I don’t think twice about getting older. I feel like the lessons I’ve learned over the years have been well-received and that God has always blessed me with…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Can’t give up now…
Roe versus Wade has finally been overturned and I’m sure that most Christians and pro-life advocates are overjoyed at the news. It is, in fact a huge win for pro-life advocates, but will it bring about the results that they had hoped for? The fact remains that until we have good solid teaching for our…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Now what?
Today, Rebecca, God wants you to know that to love is to be vulnerable. Love is the opening of the heart, the welcoming of your beloved. Loving is not secure, authentic loving is risky. Security lies behind the walls of a closed heart. You either invite the union by opening in love, or you secure the…
Read more Today’s Pondering~He’s right, isn’t He?
I recently received an email from one of the many podcasters/educators that I listen to as a resource for my publishing business. In the subject line, the title said something like, “How to make more (expletive) money!” My first thought was, “How tacky?” and my second thought was, “When did we get to a place…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Standards?
When I was growing up, my world revolved around my mother. We spent lots of time together while my father was on the road working his construction business. Much of the time, it was just Mom and me. I can remember the smell of our house after Mom had gotten out her cleaning supplies and…
Read more Today’s Pondering~The meaning of things