Share Make Your Bed With Care, You’ll Have To Lie In It By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago Make Your Bed With Care, You’ll Have To Lie In It My friends and family think I’m obsessive; I call it organization. I become dysfunctional in the midst of chaos. There are some things I’m more organized with than others, so no peeking into my closet. I love order-everything needs a place; balance-an item in […]
Share Mirrors, Reflections and Illusions By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago As a child, my youngest son Philip had a fascination with mirrors. If there was a mirror in the room, he could not resist watching himself talk as he told you about his day or ask a question. To get his attention his dad would stand in front of the mirror. Phil, never missing a […]
Share Temptation Ahead By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago It was one of those beautiful autumn days that you just have to take advantage of, especially if you live in Michigan. You can ignore the signs, pretend it won’t happen this year, continue wearing summery clothes and refuse to turn on the furnace until November, but deep down inside you know winter is on […]
Share 2016 RESOLUTIONS By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago Yes, I stayed up last night to watch the ball drop in Times Square, welcome in the New Year and share the first kiss of 2016 with my sweetheart. This morning I awoke to the real start of the New Year. The time for excuses is over and the future is now! I have suddenly […]
Share Nevertheless By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago It all started in The Garden. God had commanded Adam who instructed Eve that the tree in the middle of the garden was off limits. Eve approached the tree, looked longingly at the forbidden fruit and wondered “what if?” Satan, who never misses an opportunity, begin to persuade Eve that God hadn’t really meant what […]
Share The Good Old Days By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago The Good Old Days We have all heard stories of the “good old days.” It is amazing how time erases all of the “bad old parts” out of the “good old days” and they become a romanticized memory that we long to experience once again. My mom love to talk of her childhood on the […]
Share His Name Was Shawn: Did He Know About Jesus? By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago Yesterday, I met Shawn. A friendly, talkative 10 year old, sporting a “Desert Storm t-shirt” and desperately wanting to go swimming in Higgins Lake. Jenesa, and I were sitting on the beach watching Caleb frolic in the sand and water and Nathan was snoozing under the umbrella. Caleb assumed everyone was family and every toy […]
Share Skinned Knees But Still Running By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago The Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver a few weeks ago. I held my breath as snowboarders performed on the half-pipe. I groaned when Lindsey Vonn wiped out on the Giant Slalom and cheered the United States team as they scored to send the gold medal hockey game into overtime. The grace and beauty of […]
Share He’s God Of The Mondays Too By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago I am a Facebook junkie! I love being connected to friends and family, sharing amusing stories and pictures of our kids and grandkids. Most amazing, however, is the insight into each person’s personality and philosophy that I’m given by the multiple updates posted each day. Matthew 12:34 tells us that it is from the abundance […]
Share Just To Be Close To You By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago My dad passed away September, 2001 and my heart still hurts with longing every time I think of him. Dad’s 74th birthday is Sunday and our family holds the memories of his last earthly birthday year. All of his kids and grandkids made the trek down to Doniphan, MO with no anticipation that this would […]
