Category Archives: prayer

What Is Freedom? And Are We Free?

Posted on March 26, 2020 by This Woman Writes

Freedom begins with thinking. The more noise, the more chatter, the more distractions, the less easy it is to get away from it all and process all we are being told. Continue reading →

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We Need Time to Think

Posted on March 19, 2020 by This Woman Writes

We are bombarded with information, and it’s difficult to know how to sort it all out. To do so, we need time away from the noise and chatter, time in a place of silence where we can think. Continue reading →

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Is It Impossible? Maybe Not.

Posted on October 18, 2019 by This Woman Writes

By what age do we stop believing in six impossible things before breakfast? I’m not sure, but I do know that too many of us have not only stopped believing in, and reaching for, impossible things. We also give up … Continue reading →

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Nobody Likes Waiting

Posted on September 6, 2019 by This Woman Writes

Waiting is something that few, if any, people do well. “I’m just impatient,” some say, as if that were unusual and distinctive. It’s along the lines of announcing, “I like to travel and do fun things,” or, “I sure do … Continue reading →

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Saying Grace in Public Places

Posted on January 11, 2017 by This Woman Writes

The other day I ran across a Precious Moments/Norman Rockwell style meme of a little boy — looked like some child in the 1950s — with his hands folded and head bowed, saying grace in a government school lunchroom. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Family, God, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, prayer, spirituality | Tagged Christianity, Jesus, prayer, restaurant, thanks | 6 Comments

Feel Like a Loser? You’re on Facebook Too Much

Posted on October 12, 2016 by This Woman Writes

Frequently, we joke about things that actually matter to us. Perhaps this is because we are insecure with our ability to make sound judgment, based upon our intellect, acumen, and instinct. After all, we are trained from the cradle — … Continue reading →

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It’s Okay to Do Nothing for God

Posted on March 14, 2016 by This Woman Writes

Sometimes, doing nothing is what God wants us to do. It’s a difficult concept, this doing nothing, conditioned as we are through multiple weekly church inculcations to see works as a means of expressing our faith: we attend services and … Continue reading →

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Your Vote Is Worth Less Than Your Prayer

Posted on October 5, 2015 by This Woman Writes

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” (Psalm 55:17, KJV) Oh, ho hum. There’s a presidential election looming in the United States, more than a year from now, and in … Continue reading →

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Dear God: Why Is Nothing Happening?

Posted on March 20, 2015 by This Woman Writes

It’s not peculiar that we humans are reassured by knowing we’re not the only ones going through something. The Internet –in which people are able, at least for now, to express themselves beyond writing a newspaper Letter to the Editor … Continue reading →

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Breathing the Same Air as God

Posted on March 19, 2015 by This Woman Writes

In our latter days of church attendance, we encountered the Michael W. Smith song, “Breathe,” in which the lyrics state, “This is the air I breathe. “This is the air I breathe. “Your holy presence living in me.” The chorus … Continue reading →