Today is such a beautiful day that it is fitting that I should only write of happy things. Snow is gently falling and my family is safely tucked inside the warmth of our house. No where we need to go today. The pantry is stocked full, a warm fire glowing in the fireplace, and plenty of wood to keep us warm if the power should go out during this winter storm. It reminds me of God. He keeps us safe from the dangers. Sure, we all fall at times, but we only need to reach up and take God’s hand and […]
Category:Life, Heart, Soul
Shopping for jeans in the wintertime is about as depressing as shopping for swimsuits in the summer. I’d be happy to stay with my comfortable old jeans, but now that I can wear jeans to work, I thought it might be worth the adventure to the mall for a new stylish pair. I tried on jeans with all the embellishments and some mystery called “skinny jeans”, until a young sales woman approaches me and says with a smile, “Are you actually going to try that on?” That should have been enough to make me run to the nearest gym, but instead I run […]
Category:Life, Heart, Soul
Half a year has already passed by. Do you ever think back to January around this time of year and wonder at how much has changed or transpired in just half a year? I do, and I am always amazed at the things I discover that I didn’t know then but I know now. I began my running journey this January, conspiring to run and think my way through the last 20 years of my CD song collection that I loaded on my mp3 player. I have temporarily laid aside my mp3 player for this particular part of my running journey. Like running, life can sometimes take us down different paths. Two of my fellow […]
Category:Running Journey
“To see myself as beautiful as God sees me.” It’s a little twist on words, isn’t it? I like to say this short prayer as part of my morning daily prayers. I have tried for years to obtain beauty, never quite meeting mine or others expectations. And then it occurred to me. God sees His children as beautiful; He created us in His Image; and God saw all that He had made and it was very good. We are a masterpiece, God’s Masterpiece! If I could only retrain my thinking to see myself as God sees me ~ with tender, loving, compassionate, […]
Category:Life, Heart, Soul
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About the Author
Sue McCusker is a writer, Bible teacher, and web developer who loves to share the stories of life, hope, and faith she sees around her every day. She has written for Guideposts and Angels on Earth magazines, and teaches the story of God in women's Bible study.
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