by Debbie W. Wilson | Jan 11, 2011 | Contentment, Faith, Hope, Joy, Peace, Trusting God, Worry
“But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes. He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes.” Perhaps you remember these lyrics from HIgh Hopes by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen where each verse ends with “oops there goes another…” impossible...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Dec 20, 2010 | Christmas, Contentment, Disappointment, Perspective
If you were pregnant with the King’s child, what provisions might you expect the King to supply for His only Son’s birth? When Larry and I began our family, we were living in Orange County, California, the most expensive housing market in the US at the time. It was...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Nov 29, 2010 | Christmas, Contentment, Faith, God's will, Trusting God
Thanksgiving for 2010 is history and Christmas is upon us. This holy holiday can become one of the most hectic times of the year. As we head into the season let’s pause to look at one of the characters from the first Christmas who modeled serenity in less than...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Nov 22, 2010 | Contentment, Gratitude
Gratitude makes us rich. Sometimes we don’t appreciate the incredible gifts we enjoy daily until we face the possibility of losing them. A woman tending her dying husband remarked, “What we would give for one ordinary day together.” This week our nation celebrates...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Sep 27, 2010 | Contentment, Life Experiences, Life skills, Perspective, Trusting God, Work
For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. Hebrews 4:10 You are probably familiar with Aesop’s fable of The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg. The story has variations but the essence of the tale is that a goose laid...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Dec 28, 2009 | Christmas, Contentment, Disappointment, Faith, Pain
The cartoon Luann quipped “Does Christmas start up way too soon…or should it last much longer?” (Greg Evans 12/27/09) A friend commented, “Christmas is not an easy time. It leaves me feeling let down.” Why are post holiday blues so common? I’d like to hear your...
