Share God Wants You To Succeed By Susan Niswonger / a few days ago God wants you to succeed!!! Many Holy Ghost filled people live their lives in fear that God is just waiting to pull the rug out from under them or slap them upside the head at the slightest provocation. Lip service is given to God’s amazing grace and His infinite mercy but we seem to think […]
Share Enemies, Both Foreign & Domestic By Susan Niswonger / 6 days ago Today is July 4th, a wonderful holiday in the United States. Most people will celebrate it with cookouts and fireworks, watermelon and ice cream. It’s Independence Day!!!! As American’s, we fiercely defend our freedoms. We fence our yards, defend our rights in the highest courts and shed blood on foreign soil to preserve the freedom […]
Share Hurry!! There’s A Deadline! By Susan Niswonger / last week This morning as the fog was slowly replaced by conscious thought, I remembered something I had been meaning to get to all week. It suddenly hit me, I am a PROCRASTINATOR. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, a procrastinator is someone who intentionally puts off doing something that should be done. According to my daughter-in-law, Jenesa, “It’s […]
Share The Door Was Open, But You Didn’t Respond! By Susan Niswonger / a couple of weeks ago The Door Was Open, But You Didn’t Respond! Last Saturday was one of those rare Michigan November days. The temperature hit the mid-sixties, t-shirts were the clothing of choice and although screens have been traded for glass, I just had to leave the door wide open to enjoy the sun. A friend dropped by […]
Share Ready To Give A Defense By Susan Niswonger / a couple of weeks ago Have you ever been accused of being “defensive?” It seems that if one person makes a statement that violates your beliefs or values and you try to explain what you really believe or why that has become your core belief, the immediate response is, “Why are you being defensive?” My response is Offenses always make […]
Share More Than A Word, He Is The Word By Susan Niswonger / a couple of weeks ago It happens every year after Thanksgiving; a clerk says “Happy Holidays” and offends a customer who wanted to hear “Merry Christmas.” The doorman says, “Merry Christmas” before realizing the patron is celebrating Hanukah or doesn’t celebrate any holiday at all. There have been lawsuits, fired employees, school parties renamed and certain songs banned all because […]
Share If Only By Susan Niswonger / 3 weeks ago Have you ever indulged in the mind game, “If Only?” Most of us have at one time or another. Usually we’ve experienced a bad situation and a little depression has set in. Don’t be fooled, this game will not help! Your “pity party” will continue until you stop the game or do something that fulfills […]
Share You Can Have The Cookie Later! By Susan Niswonger / 4 weeks ago “Mo, mo,” a little voice pleaded, through the cookie Caleb had just shoved past his crumb-ringed lips. It is so hard for this Grandma to resist his requests, especially when accompanied by the cutest little smile you have ever seen. I gathered all my resolve and answered, “Not now Caleb, wait until after lunch.” The […]
Share Making Lemonade By Susan Niswonger / last month “Making lemonade, we’re making lemonade; in the sunshine or the shade, we’re making lemon-a-a-ade,” the song continued as Caleb and I enjoyed another viewing of “Boz.” Actually, I think I know the entire DVD by heart. I was still a little puzzled to have the song play over and over in my head all night. […]
Share No Excuse Monday By Susan Niswonger / last month Excuses, Excuses, you hear them every day. The dictionary defines excuse as a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise. I am amazed at the excuses we come up with to justify our behavior or lack of action. As a Mom, Department Manager and Pastor’s wife, I think I have […]
