Posted on January 27, 2023 by Darlene Shelton
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” (Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT) Years ago, I had just driven across the 301 Nice… Continue Reading “Following Your GPS”
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Posted on December 14, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone.Don’t you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves? Psalm 127:2 The Message I moved through the house this morning before heading out the door, making a… Continue Reading “Not Nearly Enough Time…”
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Posted on November 20, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
“…let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.” Hebrews 10:22 NLT While praying for… Continue Reading “Washed”
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Posted on October 8, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
Yesterday afternoon as I headed out to run an errand, I was approaching the entrance ramp to I-64 at the college. As I got closer, slowed, and turned on my left turn signal to enter the ramp, I realized that a car was exiting… Continue Reading “Missing the Signs?”
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Posted on September 24, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
Sitting in the stillness of my living room… the light of a new day just beginning to filter in through the windows… the only sounds I hear are the snoring of my fur baby and the click of the furnace as it comes on… Continue Reading “What is Prayer?”
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Posted on September 17, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
I admit that I love to watch re-runs of The Walton’s on TV. The stories depict a time when hardships were the norm but family values, faith in God and hard work were valued. In a recent episode Grandma Walton was experiencing some health… Continue Reading “No Wrinkles on My Spirit”
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Posted on September 16, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
The redhead sits in her gray writing room with her snaggle toothed feline companion. The black cat’s steady purr does little to slow the dizzying thoughts spinning round and round in the mind of his favorite person like cars on a tilt a whirl.… Continue Reading “Temples and Tilt a Whirls”
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Posted on September 8, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
I had been visiting prospective advertising clients…driving down I64E in the pouring pain at around 3:00PM heading back to my office in Staunton. There were no hand-held cell phones back then. Because of my job, I had a bag phone in my car and… Continue Reading “You Always Know”
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Posted on September 4, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
Last weekend the exhausted redhead relaxed in an internet free zone with her family and friends. This weekend the writer, joined by Asher the ever-faithful snaggletooth feline, find themselves sitting at the brown roll top desk in the quiet space in their gray writing… Continue Reading “What Will a Lie Do?”
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Posted on September 2, 2022 by Darlene Shelton
I am sure that many others, like me, have scrolled through their social media accounts and thought, “who is this person, and how did we become “friends?” Family members, church family, mutual friends of friends, casual acquaintances, business contacts, people we know with common… Continue Reading “Friends”
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