Doors

Jun 30, 2014

I am a huge fan of Oswald Chambers who wrote "My Utmost For His Highest".  Sometimes I have to read the selection several times before I can really understand what he is getting at.  He is a pretty deep fellow.  The selection yesterday got me thinking about doors. " God never again opens the doors that have been closed.  He opens other doors , but he reminds us that there have been doors that we have shut---doors which had no need to be shut....God will turn what might have been into a …

Mentoring and a Bit of Greek Mythology

Aug 30, 2012

In Greek mythology, Mentor (Greek: Μέντωρ / Méntōr; gen.: Μέντορος)[1] was the son of Alcimus or Anchialus or Heraclesand Asopis. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus who placed Mentor and Odysseus' foster-brother Eumaeus in charge of his son Telemachus, and of Odysseus' palace, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War. When Athena visited Telemachus she took the disguise of Mentor to hide herself from the suitors of Telemachus' motherPenelope.[2] As Mentor, the goddess encouraged …

Doors

Jul 12, 2012

I am a huge fan of Oswald Chambers who wrote "My Utmost For His Highest".  Sometimes I have to read the selection several times before I can really understand what he is getting at.  He is a pretty deep fellow.  The selection yesterday got me thinking about doors. " God never again opens the doors that have been closed.  He opens other doors , but he reminds us that there have been doors that we have shut---doors which had no need to be shut....God will turn what might have been into a …

Smooth Waters

Jun 9, 2011

I have had a lot of time to think and read this week and it has been good.  Not that I don't think every day---I promise I do even if my blog posts don't always give evidence of that!  I have always believed that we go through seasons in our lives---some seasons are like spring and full of hope and new beginnings and fresh stuff.  Some times our lives are like summer where we feel carefree---run through sprinklers, eat ice cream and stay up late playing or in my case sitting outside on the deck …

Shout Out to Jill!

Aug 6, 2010

Great new blog created by a Freeport, Illinois friend---Jill Jeffrey! She is reading Oswald Chambers "My Utmost for His Highest" which is my very favorite devotional to use! I have always loved it and have given it as gifts many times. Well---Jill is so gifted and a great writer so she is doing a daily study of it and responding to what she reads in poetry and prose and it is AWESOME! Check it out----follow her blog---it is well worth a look. And once again since my link thing is not …