Settling for the Treadmill?

Phylicia | July 30, 2009

I just got back from running with my sisters.  I didn’t want to go.  In fact, I waffled about it for five minutes before finally giving in because they pleaded the “you’re leaving for college” case.  And now I regret it!  It’s a routine they have been doing for a few weeks already, so they [...]

Grumblebluffer

Phylicia | June 26, 2009

Even bloggers make mistakes, in case you thought we impersonal, electronic, opinion-sharers didn’t mess up once in a while. I of all people am prone to “messing up”, and I did — ironically the same day I read my next paragraph in Philippians.
“Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and [...]

To Will and To Work

Phylicia | June 20, 2009

Well the beach idea turned out to be a flop, thanks to the lovely Michigan weather.  Rather than the sun predicted, we got fog until one in the afternoon.  When I finally did see the first ray of sunshine, I was in my suit and driving to the beach!  Unfortunately, I forgot to remember that [...]

Above All

Phylicia | June 19, 2009

I couldn’t resist that picture.  Want to know why?  Because tomorrow I finally get to do what I have wanted to do for a long time:  go to the beach!  My sisters are working for Operation Christmas Child at a concert tomorrow, and most of my friends are down there as well — so my [...]

Form of a Servant

Phylicia | June 18, 2009

I remember once, a few years ago, I was visiting my grandma’s little house in the tiny town of Ellsworth.  We don’t get to go very often anymore, with jobs and such tying us down; but this day we were able to visit and grandma was delighted.  Living all by herself, an hour away from both her children and all their kids, [...]

Open My Eyes

Phylicia | June 17, 2009

Humility… the one virtue that leads to all the others.  I believe humility is the key to all fruits of the Spirit.  Humility is what made Jesus remarkable; for God to become man, for the Creator to become the created, takes humility far beyond what we could even imagine.   Humility is so pivotal in our [...]