Sheila Walsh writes about the joy of being loved by The Good Shepherd and recognizing his voice — a reality pictured in the story of the ‘Bummer Lamb.’ Source: The Beauty of the Bummer Lamb | The Stream
Category: Random Stories
Beautiful in its Time
Every time I get upset about my prayers not being answered when I wanted them to, I would always try to fight back my impatience by recalling that precious memory a few years ago when my nephew, Waki, who was nine years old at the time, finally received his much-awaited Christmas present. Several months before Christmas, my nephew…
A Wise Exchange
Here’s another very touching story from an anonymous author. It speaks volume about the love of our Heavenly Father to us. Be blessed! One day, a little girl named Jenny was with her mother in the grocery store. She saw a toy pearl bracelet worth USD20. She became giddy with excitement and…
2014 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many…
Finishing Strong
I just want to say that one of the best things that has happened to me this year was actually being able to join and finish strong in a 10k race. I know, I hate running or any form of physical exercise that makes me tired. When I started my fitness journey just a few…
Overwhelmed
It’s true that God can use the greatest pain in your life to bless others. I’m still overwhelmed by the response I received (and still receiving) from my blog, Single, 30(ish) and Thriving which I almost deleted out of fear of criticism. When I published it, I only asked for just ‘one’ soul to be…
Through thick and thin
When woman is sad, depressed, lonely or feeling blue – it doesn’t always mean she is incomplete or insecure. It only goes to show that she is a human being capable of feeling her emotions. So, word of advice to well-meaning people who claim to be just ‘trying’ to help – please don’t over analyze…
No More Tears, No More Geek!
“You need to put one to two drops of this artificial tears on each eye at least six times a day in the next four weeks until your eyes have completely healed,” instructed my eye surgeon after I have had a PRK surgery 3 years ago. When I heard the doctor prescribed this to me,…
10 Things I Want My Daughter to Know About Working Out
Originally posted on wellfesto:
Mid-way through a recent group exercise class, the teacher lost me. She didn’t lose me because of some complicated step sequence or insanely long set of burpees; I mentally checked out because of a few words she kept saying over and over. “Come on! Get that body ready for your winter…