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August 9, 2025.Reading time 5 minutes.

Have you ever just been getting through whatever life throws at you? Yeah, I get it.
This week, a friend asked, “When are you going to start blogging again?”
“Maybe soon,” I replied, “there is something on my heart.”
Today I opened “Hope Whispers” to see how long it’s been. Last post–August 9, 2024. What? OMGosh, one year to the day!

I Am My Beloved’s and My Beloved Is Mine

August 9, 2024.Reading time 1 minute.

Love Song to My Beloved (tune of “Annie’s Song” by John Denver)
Jesus I love You
Cherish honor obey You
In good times or bad times
In sickness or health
For rich or for poorer
From this day and forward
You give me joy and contentment
Your face…

I See You Everywhere

August 6, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

As far back as I can remember, I remember Grandpa and Grandma taking me to Church. Looking back, I realize Grandpa and Grandma are the first people I saw Jesus in. Grandpa worked the midnight shift. Some Sundays, he was really tired. I would join Grandma early in the morning, and we’d take the long […]

This Is A New Day

May 23, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

Donned my snake boots, thick jeans, blue jean shirt and I was ready. Whoa.Wait.A.Quick.Minute. Grabbed my baseball cap, sunglasses, cell THEN headed for that mountain so beautifully framed by my bedroom window. Crossing the street, turning right through the brush, I began navigating my way up the rocky zig-zagging path to the top. With every […]

Found A Five-Leaf Clover

April 23, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

A few days ago, a group of us drove three miles round and round and up and up to the top of Mt. Scott in Southwest Oklahoma to catch the sunset. The views were breathtaking. I marveled at the One who gives us breath. It’s amazing when you think about it—no two sunsets are exactly alike. Even watching[…]

Good Friday-From the Foundation of the World

March 29, 2024.Reading time 16 minutes.

Numerous times I’ve started to share this, only to delete what I’d typed. Good Friday is the right time. I hold the Word of God tight against my heart…close my eyes…and wait…for Him. My Lord, I hear Your whisper in my spirit, “Of all Your 66 Love Letters, You lead me to Your First?” Turning to Page One of the Holy Bible, “My First Love, whatever do You have in mind?” Knowing Him, with anticipation I smile and read, “In the beginning God created…” My imagination vivid, verse after verse glorious scenes explode

It’s Nine Months ‘Til December 25th

March 25, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

Do Not Be Afraid. “…God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendent of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. Mary […]

It’s Been A Hard Year, But It Didn’t Start Out That Way, Part 1

March 22, 2024.Reading time 10 minutes.

Christmas Eve 2023. Touchdown! Southern California and what a warm welcome—not a white Christmas (Woohoo) and my sister Rosie picking me up at the airport (Halleloo). Meeting up with family, we attended a lovely Christmas Eve Candle Light Worship Service. A great start to celebrating the Holydays! Christmas morning the fireplace blazed and crackled on […]

A Prayer to God From Every Child of God–Every Jesus Follower

January 14, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

Help Us O God, This new day to live for the Glory of Your Name.
Breathing in Your presence
Soaking in Your Word
Waiting and watching
Seeking You
In the darkest night
Pray Light shines brighter
In wilderness drought
Pray Living Waters rise higher
When tears run fast
Pray…

The God of All Hope Who Keeps Us, Also Keeps Us Going and Going and Going-Sacred Race

January 10, 2024.Reading time 1 minute.

My chips are all in on JESUS—2024, Day 10, and I’m putting one foot in front of the other on the Sacred Race* of our life time; and Jesus is right here, right there, right now with you and me. He’s run it and…

The Spirit and the Bride Say, “Come!”

December 31, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Good Morning Lord, I sense You near as I sit in bed enjoying Your presence and a cup of Joe and the peace You bring to this new day and me. The sun’s rays peak through the blinds behind me, and all is calm. I rather like the silence and…

A Mama’s Prayer to a Thousand Generations

December 23, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Christmas Season. It can be a mixed bag. Maybe what we could use right now is some Holy Word Good News. Turning to Luke 2:1-20, reading “The Birth of Jesus” two verses and two words stand…

From One Woman To Another, DV Part 3

October 25, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

Domestic Violence. Two words that can be hard to talk about. Two words that can be hard to…

Sometimes a Picture is Better, DV Part 2

October 17, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

I invite you on a journey. Daddy was an animal lover. Our home had at least one dog, but usually two, and sometimes a cat. If it’s possible for Daddy to have a favorite dog it was Harmony. A beautiful yellow Labrador Retriever—she jumped in the pool right along with the kids, loved to…

Sanctity of Life From the Womb to the Tomb, DV Part 1

October 6, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

What is Your heart, if not the sanctity of life? From the womb to the tomb doesn’t that include the gift of a wife? Do you hate…

God, I Was Wondering, Do You See Me? Do You Hear Me?

July 27, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Pitch black in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma, as far as one can be from the bright lights of any city, I was commuting the usual one-and-a-half-hour drive to the big city. In the blink of an eye, I saw a flash brighter than Fourth of July fireworks and then a ball of fire soaring […]