Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Another Beautiful Day!

Although today is not as warm as the weekend, it's still another beautiful day!  It's such an encouragement to see the sunshine, feel the breeze, and watch all of God's little creatures like squirrels and chipmunks and birds enjoying the day He has created for them.  A day like today gives you a feeling joy, warmth, and hope.  As I've enjoyed the beautiful day, I've been reflecting on the fact that God's love is like the sunshine; it makes us feel warm, comforted, and hopeful.  Hopefully when other people see  and talk with us, they also feel God's love and are warmed, comforted, and have hope.  We can't always have sunshine, but we can always have God's love and we can always choose to share it with others.

Make it a "sunshine" kind of day wherever you are - even if the son in the sky isn't shining!

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Today's Adventure Can Continue Indefinitely!!

What a glorious day!  Don't get me wrong - every day that God gives me is a day to be thankful for,  but today is exceptional.  The sun is shining, there's a soft breeze blowing, it's 81 degrees outside.  After months of winter and weeks of rain and gloomy skies, today is indeed glorious.   I am really enjoying the opportunity to have the windows open and hear the birds singing and children down the block outside playing for the first time in months.   It reminds that Spring does always come after winter, that there is sunshine after the gloomy days, and that, even in the dark times, we have something wonderful to look forward to.

So, for those of you enjoying beautiful weather today, whether that is outside or in your life,  ... appreciate every single minute of it and make memories to see you through the darker days.  For those of you who still have dark skies and gloominess, outside or in the situation you are in, take heart ... better days are coming!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

My New Adventure

For those of you who know me well, you'd think I wouldn't need any more adventure in my life.  Apparently I just can't get enough so this week I have started a new project.  I have been accepted as the Detroit Christian Reading Examiner at http://www.examiner.com/ .  I will be writing reviews about Christian books, both fiction and non-fiction, along with articles about interesting things happening in the Christian reading world.  If you have any books or events that you'd like to see an article about, please feel free to let me know.  I'm looking forward to this new adventure - at least now I have an excuse to spend hours reading!!!  I'll let you know when the first article is published.

My first review on http://www.examiner.com/ will be a review of Karen Kingsbury's book Divine.  It's a great book - not that Karen Kingsbury could write a book that wasn't, but it's definitely worth a read.  It will touch your heart and make you think.  I won't say anymore just now, I'll wait and let you read the review.

Have a great day, Linda