by Jeanie Shaw | Dec 10, 2011 | Devotional Thoughts
I’m a visual learner. You can tell me something, and I may or may not remember or understand it. For instance, as a young teen (or preteen- can’t remember as that was a long time ago) I volunteered in a hospital as a candy-striper. I thought I might enter the...
by Jeanie Shaw | Nov 30, 2011 | Devotional Thoughts
Eeeew! This is my reaction to this disgusting-sounding title. However, this post is not really going to be about slimy creatures living inside the crevices of our inner ears or about long squiggly worms “gracefully” cascading down from the openings in our...
by Jeanie Shaw | Nov 23, 2011 | Devotional Thoughts
Ever wonder why some people, even amid dire circumstances, continue to be thankful, content and happy individuals while others, who have access to many good things, complain, are unhappy and easily annoyed? I have observed that there is a common theme with gratitude...
by Jeanie Shaw | Nov 21, 2011 | Devotional Thoughts
The circle keeps on turning. Over the past two months I’ve keenly felt its spin. After burying Wyndham’s dad in early fall I reflected how short a long life of 92 years really is in the scheme of time. The scripture is so true in James 4:14 Why, you do...
by Jeanie Shaw | Nov 17, 2011 | Devotional Thoughts
Thirty four years ago, at this same hour, I was likely preparing for bed. Pregnant with my first child, I wondered if by some chance my child would be born on my due date, November 17. Wyndham, sick with a bad cold, had remarked that he hoped it would not be that...
