by Debbie W. Wilson | Mar 24, 2014 | Direction, Life skills, Trusting God
Growing up in New Orleans, my friend Sandi road bikes with her family on Sunday afternoons. Every week her mom would say, “Sandi, don’t hit the pedestrians.” And every week Sandi would run into one of them. Photo by: Pedro Ribeiro Simões Sandi didn’t want to hit the...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Dec 30, 2013 | Direction, Health, New Year
“Greetings, gifts, and gluttony—tis the season…” my son quipped because of all the tempting food laying around. The Wilsons aren’t the only ones that enjoy holiday foods. Larry asked our small group what they liked about this time of the year. Here are some responses....
by Debbie W. Wilson | Nov 11, 2013 | Direction, Discernment, Personal Growth, Pets and Faith, Relationship with God
I watched “Jack” tell his yellow lab, Buttercup, to wait. He then crossed the room and turned his back to her. “Sit.” “Stand.” “Down,” he said. His dog responded to each command. My daughter and I enrolled our two standard poodles in obedience training. “Jack,” a...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Nov 4, 2013 | Direction, Eternal Perspective, Hope, Suffering
How do we thrive in tough times? The patriarch Joseph was familiar with suffering and injustice. He also knew how to prosper in terrible circumstances. Like Frank Lebby Stanton’s poem, he knew how to “Keep A-Goin’!” Genesis 39 tells what happened to Joseph after his...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Oct 21, 2013 | Direction, Relationship with God, Trusting God
I’d scheduled arthroscopic surgery to repair the medial meniscus on my right knee. Within twenty-four hours I began to doubt my decision. What’s going on? I wondered. Was this pre-surgery jitters? Was God telling me to not have surgery? The prompting to cancel the...
by Debbie W. Wilson | Sep 30, 2013 | Direction
This week I spoke with three people unsure over the direction to take in their lives. Each story was different but boiled down to “What should I do?” Some decisions are weightier because once we commit, it will take time or money to undo them. A move across the...
