Empowering Life

BEAR-ly AWAKE!

I could hardly keep my eyes open. Too much activity and too few hours of sleep will do that every time. I was barely awake. Until our Unwelcome Visitor showed up! All 300 pounds of him! (I'm guessing. I didn't ask him.)  :) He didn't care that it was 2:00 AM. He had already finished...
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It’s About TIME!!!

Has it really been SEVEN weeks since I last posted here, Lord? SEVEN -- the number of Perfection? Completion? Does this mean my unusual silence here is coming to a close? I haven't been silent, of course. I have been writing -- to You and about You -- every single day! Often, several times a...
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The Sore Throat Revelation

It has been one full week since severe pain first gripped my throat, Lord. Pain like I have not felt before. Making it hard to swallow... and hard to speak. Hard to take in nourishment.  And hard to give it out... in spoken words, at least. Not moving into my head or into my chest....
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Beware of “Cyber-Germ-itis”

It must have been a computer virus, Lord. I didn't realize they were so... contagious! Yesterday morning, I was supposed to have a teleconference with a dear Forever Sister. I had emailed her the day before with the dial-in instructions. She had emailed me back, saying she had picked up a respiratory flu "bug" and...
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More Than Coincidence!!!

Oh, Lord... Sometimes You pour out Your Love like a tsunami! Filling my cup to overflowing... so much so, I almost have to say, "Stop, Lord! Let me catch my breath!" Not really. I don't want you to ever stop! :) Like Friday. I was driving from Florida to Georgia. On my way to a...
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The Politics of Fear… and HOPE!

Oh, Lord... How amazing it is to see the hardening of so many people's hearts!  I see them and hear about them in nightly news broadcasts... and all over social media. The raw footage of protesters expressing their free speech. Regrettably, many who are doing so with violent rhetoric and violent behavior. The quiet, yet...
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How Blessed We Are, Lord!

Their presence was too obvious to ignore.  And too ominous.  I saw them with my own eyes. Men with machine guns.  On every street corner.  A little disconcerting, on the busy city streets.  I asked our host who they were and why they were there.  He said, "For protection.  To help keep the peace."  Apparently,...
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Ready for Liftoff!

You are the Master Communicator, Lord!  I know this... yet You never cease to amaze me with Your creativity!  Yesterday, the "medium" You chose for Your message was a... ... helicopter??? I was meeting with a dear sister.  We always gather in Your Presence.  And You never disappoint us! Yesterday was "just another day" in...
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Heaven to Diana… Come In, Please!

That's what it's been like for the last week, Lord.  Ever since we returned from The Land Down Under. It didn't take me long to adjust to the 16-hour time difference when we went from Florida to Australia and New Zealand. But coming back??? Someone told me it takes one day to adjust for every...
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The Power of Divine Suggestion

"I've never said that before!  When it came out of my mouth, I wondered: 'Where did THAT come from???'" He was our guide at the Botanic Garden today in Sydney.  A very nice, very knowledgeable grey-haired man who talked us through a 90-minute free tour.  A fascinating combination of history, anthropology, botany, zoology and sociology....
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