http://debgerard.edublogs.org Changing lives, one person at a time! Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:04:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been sooo long since I have written in this space! I am very technologically ignorant and have been attempting some website updates without knowing what I am doing! In the meantime, I have neglected this blog! However, there is so much God is teaching me ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/11/23/dealing-with-trials/ In a boat in the storm with Jesus is a safe place. Anywhere with Jesus is the best place. A year ago, our youngest son was deployed to the Middle East. Fear rose up in the heart of this mother as I thought of all the “what ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/08/24/the-best-place/  Jeremiah 29:11“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD; plans to prosper and not to harm; plans for a future and a hope” I have been working with a group of precious gals who have struggled with broken marriages for numbers of reasons.  At our last meeting ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/06/30/thoughts-on-jeremiah-2911/ It had been one of those very busy days.  I was heading for my job out of town early the next morning and was making some spaghetti for my hubby to have available while I was gone.  I was distracted from that project as I worked on others when suddenly ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/06/03/cleaning-the-inside/   On Seeing the Funny Side of Life Let me say this loud and clear.  It is healthy to laugh!   We need to laugh more!!!  Even the “Good Book” indicates that a “merry heart does good like medicine”!  I once read a quote that said, “Everyone without a sense of humor is ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/05/15/on-the-funny-side-of-life/ Matt 8:27 “So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be that even the winds and the seas obey Him?”.  Even today, at this special time of the year, having just celebrated Easter, many ask that same question, though, more often with scorn and ridicule.  Who, indeed, is this One ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/who-is-this-one/ Reading through the book of Leviticus, I was impressed by the number of times God reminds the reader (in this case, ME!) that He IS THE LORD!  God must have known how often I would forget this-how many times I would need to be reminded of this fact-HE IS THE ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/04/22/i-am-the-lord/   My husband and I spent last summer working out in our woods.  We were cutting in a road along our boundary line.  Now, this particular line happened to run through a very swampy area.  It was dense and overgrown and required much effort to clean out.  My hubby was the ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/04/03/paths-into-the-land-of-the-lost/ Dear Readers,  I must apologize for the typos in my last blog!  I HAD made the corrections, but when I sent it, for some reason, it sent my first draft rather than the revisions!!  Sorry!  God bless, deb http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/03/05/oops/ I was reading in Luke 5:4-6 the other day.  Jesus had been speaking to crowds from in a boat belonging to Simon Peter.  When He stopped addressing the crowds, He said to Simon Peter, "Launch out in the deep and let down your nets for a catch".  Simon answered and ... http://debgerard.edublogs.org/2007/03/05/nevertheless-i-will/