A Cup of Water

Stay Safe & Have Fun!

Did you know that today is the first day of the second half of 2015? How are the new year’s resolutions that you made on January 1st coming along? Honestly, I’m not as far along as I would have hoped I’d be back in January. I haven’t lost as much weight as I’d hoped and I haven’t…

Exercise doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be as simple as walking each day. I’m making a concentrated effort to move my muscles more each day. Will you join me?  

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.   We’ve all heard this time-honored serenity prayer before. But did you know that when Reinhold Neibuhr  wrote that he didn’t stop there. Yes…there is more to the serenity…

    Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~ Helen Keller  

I don’t always know the answers. I don’t always know what to do. But I know that God has given me the strength to carry on and continue. He always wants me to stretch myself. He always wants me to grow. I feel God’s love and His grace. And they propel me onward. I go forward and continue to…

I walk into the grand rotunda, immediately assaulted with a life-size elephant statue that makes me feel like I am on safari in Africa. However, I’m not in Africa. I’m in the Smithsonian Natural Museum of Natural History. I walk around to the other side of the massive beast and take in the details: the…

It’s a good thing to wake up each morning and think about what’s good in your life. All too often, I get caught up in the day to day tasks and duties and sometimes forget to be thankful. Start with the basics:  Shelter, Clothes, Food. Add in people:  Family, Friends, Neighbors. Then think about trials…

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. ~ James 1:22   How do I make the most of my belief in God? Do I do it by reading my bible and attending church? No. Although, I do read my bible and I do…