Unnamed and Unfinished

I am not big on New Year’s Resolutions.   I have nothing against you if you are into it, in fact I used to get really into setting resolutions.   But I never kept them all year… ever… and that became depressing, so I quit.     For the past few years I have embraced a different concept.   I name each year.   It is based on the concept of “One Word”  , but I am too wordy to keep it at a mete word most years.     I loved Ann Voskamp's perspective as well, " but as we name our newborn, so we name our new year, christen it so it knows who it is to us. Named, we now have a destination, a way across the next twelve months."   We are very close to the start of 2018, and the year is BEGGING me to settle on a name.   So I have! REDEEMED   Isaiah 43 is such a powerful chapter of scripture and has shaped this name.     But now, this is what the Lord says—     he who cre...

Laughter is the best medicine.   ALWAYS.   There are scientific studies that show that laughing benefits the body and mind.   I am not a scientist and this is not a scientific blog, so if you need info about those studies, you are on your own.   I suggest Google. I had a chance for a good laugh recently with a couple of great friends.   In the midst of a scary days and weeks, oh how I needed these friends and that laughter.   It all started with a webinar I had to attend for work.   It was in place of a meeting in Indy, and I was all about NOT TRAVELING!   Good grief, my plate is so full with school, work and Big’s health the last thing I needed was to drive to Indy for a 4-hour meeting.   When the webinar was suggested instead, I was ALL IN!! So, anyway, I get to the office and log on.   And some in the group of about 8 participants wanted to actually SEE each other so I turned on my webcam.   It was humorous.   I felt...