Why It’s Hard to Agree With My Husband

How to learn to Get Along I’m joining Five Minute Friday just to write for 5 minutes on a word. Today’s word is AGREE. Setting the timer: GO I don’t always agree with my husband. We have been married for 46 years and we are still happily married. It’s not because I always agree with… Continue reading Why It’s Hard to Agree With My Husband

How Can We Learn to Be Good Fishers of Men and Women for God?

Fishers of Men: 33 Dots I love doing the 33 dot challenge. Does anyone else want to do it with me? If so I would set up a special way to link for it. This time my dots turned into a fish. And it reminded me of “Fishers of Men”. “Walking along the beach of… Continue reading How Can We Learn to Be Good Fishers of Men and Women for God?

Three Ways to Surrender All to God

I want to Surrender to God but I don’t know How Today is 5-Minute Friday and the prompt is SURRENDER. Five minutes to write… Set the timer. GO. As I surrender to God I ask Him to give me the words to write. I think back – to the year 2000. That’s when I did… Continue reading Three Ways to Surrender All to God

What do a Dancer and Studying God’s Word have in Common?

How the Joy of the Lord can Be My Strength Once again I challenged myself to 33 dots. This morning it only took about one minute before I saw the dancer. Yes, she was in action with a drape of material around her. I looked at the dots. I knew why I saw this. I… Continue reading What do a Dancer and Studying God’s Word have in Common?

How to Get off Track Easily from Being Intentional

Being Intentional – It’s not easy I have five minutes – given the prompt “intentional” from Five mInute Fridays. Set the timer: GO When I heard the prompt this morning I thought, “yes I can write about that”. Then I had interruptions, lots of interruptions. Now it is 5 hours later (and still Friday) and… Continue reading How to Get off Track Easily from Being Intentional

What can I learn from a Saguaro Cactus?

33 Dots: If I can do it, so can you. I’m continuing to use those 33 dots. I find my imagination is expanding and I am painting without the use of photos as ideas. Today I wasn’t sure … was it an animal again? But no, wait I see a saguaro cactus. So that’s what… Continue reading What can I learn from a Saguaro Cactus?

5 Ways to Simplify your Work Life

To Simplify isn’t Easy, you know Today on Five Minute Friday the prompt is SIMPLIFY. Write for 5 minutes. Setting the Timer: Go I totally agree with Kate when she wrote about over doing it. I have done that before. I think there are 5 major things we can do to simplify our lives. Start… Continue reading 5 Ways to Simplify your Work Life

What’s Better? Multitasking? or Doing One Thing at a Time?

33 Dots – A Bear Juggling? Today I would like to show you the process of the 33 dots. It’s a game my friend Meg Konovska taught me. It loosens me up as I try to see the picture, then colour it. Today it turned into a juggling bear which reminded me of multitasking. First… Continue reading What’s Better? Multitasking? or Doing One Thing at a Time?

What do I need to motivate me towards a disciplined life?

Motivate at Five Minute Friday It’s Five Minute Friday and the first one of the year. The word this week is MOTIVATE. That’s a great word for 2018. MOTIVATE. My Word for this year is GO FORTH. (There will be more coming about this in the next few weeks.) So that means I need to… Continue reading What do I need to motivate me towards a disciplined life?

Stockings: Drawing Shouldn’t Be Complicated

33 Dots: Stockings “And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in the hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” Christmas has come and gone but not the spirit of Christmas – that’s what should last all year. Today I drew my 33 dots again. This time I saw the stockings immediately.… Continue reading Stockings: Drawing Shouldn’t Be Complicated