by Marilyn Nutter | Nov 13, 2023 | abundant life, challenging days, change, comfort, decisions, encouragement, Encouragement and growth, focus in challenges, friendship, Guidance and perspective, one another, repeated words
Have you asked for directions and then repeated them to help you remember? I think the older I get, it’s harder for me to memorize and follow directions to a location. In school, we used mnemonic devices, memory aids that can be acronyms, sentences, or rhymes. I...
by Marilyn Nutter | Oct 9, 2023 | focus in challenges, God's faithfulness, Inventory of personal progress and change, journals, new year, Psalm 65, purpose
“You crown the year with a bountiful harvest, even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.” Psalm 65:11 NLT “Where did summer go?” My friends and family asked that question when children started a new school year in August. Now, two months away from the close of...
by Marilyn Nutter | Apr 4, 2022 | challenging days, comfort, decisions, disappointments, Encouragement and growth, expectations, faith, focus in challenges, God's promises, Gpd's faithfulness
It’s part of my Italian heritage to be sure no one leaves the table hungry. After dinner with family last week, I pulled out containers to store leftovers. I grabbed one container and looked for a matching lid, then two, then more. I stared at the assortment. Not a...
by Marilyn Nutter | Nov 2, 2020 | focus in challenges, gratitude
What describes your eyes? Brown, blue, nearsighted, 2020 vision? I’ve been challenged lately trying to find the correct eyeglasses prescription. It seems I need two different prescriptions-one for computer and one for reading. If I grab the wrong pair, not only is...