by Suzanne | Feb 27, 2019 | Abundance Answers
When my children were little, they would run to the door to greet my husband when he arrived home from work—all but my youngest daughter, Meredith. She would hide underneath the dining room table, waiting for her dad to find her. Same place, every night. Meredith...
by Suzanne | Feb 6, 2019 | Abundance Answers, Faith, wisdom
The mind feasts on what it focuses on. Our minds are like computers, filled with old files that can’t seem to get purged…or stay purged. Memories bubble up, unbidden, from past mistakes and shortcomings, disappointments and failures. It’s far too easy to soak in those...
by Suzanne | Jan 30, 2019 | Abundance Answers, Uncategorized
Psychologists claim that we are living in an age of fear. Some findings from recent studies: 18% of all Americans suffer from anxiety disorders. Women are 60% more likely to experience anxiety than men. And children and teens are facing an epidemic of anxiety,...
by Suzanne | Jan 23, 2019 | Abundance Answers, Uncategorized
Years ago, I gave my mom a Christmas gift of a wooden sign with the words: Never Enough Thyme. It was one of those gifts that hit the mark; she loved that sign and kept it hanging in her living room for years. It’s interesting to see the kinds of verbs that are...
by Suzanne | Jan 16, 2019 | Abundance Answers
Consider the humble apple. There are over 7500 varieties of apples grown throughout the world. Over 2500 varieties are grown in the United States. One hundred varieties are grown for commercial sale—those are the kinds you buy at the local grocery shop for your...
by Suzanne | Jan 2, 2019 | Abundance Answers, wisdom
A year or so ago, my small group from church studied C.S. Lewis’ satirical masterpiece Screwtape Letters. Set eerily in an office in Hell, one of Satan’s senior tempters, Screwtape, schemes meticulously to capture the souls of unsuspecting humans on earth. A...