July 2016 – Ventures with God

Sing praises

July 18, 2016

My spirits soared after talking with the nurse on Friday: the brain scan “showed nothing that would cause the headaches.” Slowly, the headaches subsided after the boulder of worry had been removed. Praise God, I feel well again. I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. […]

Sometimes it’s hard

July 13, 2016

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Last night, after watering all my hostas, I stood under the quarter moon in the dark of night. I stood still and thought how hard it can be to direct one’s thoughts to giving thanks when the mind is a storm of worry. But I would try. Indeed, there is much to be thankful for, despite the strange localized […]

Count your blessings

July 4, 2016

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I heard this saying from my mama so often that it seemed that she authored these words. “Count your blessings,” she would say no matter what the circumstances. Hers was not an easy life. My mama, an only child born in Ukraine when it was under Polish rule, lost her mother to TB when she […]