by Doris Swift | Oct 24, 2014 | anxiety, burdens, cares, christian living, encouragement, financial issues, God, hope, Joy, surrender
What thoughts deluge your mind in the quiet of night and stillness of morning? For years, my daily routine brought stress and anxiety. I’d stay up late, hoping exhaustion would override the to-do, didn’t-do, should’ve done lists waiting to flood my...
by Doris Swift | May 20, 2014 | burdens, cares, Christian, encourage, encouragement, faith, fear
Living in Florida, we have five seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall, and hurricane. June 1 officially ushers in the 2014 hurricane season. Here we go again, from now through November all eyes will be watching the Atlantic for developing storms. Each storm is named,...
by Doris Swift | May 28, 2012 | baggage, burdens, cares, choice, christian living, collapse, encouraging, faith, fear, financial issues, God, heaviness, hope, illness, love, promise, sustain, towels, trust, worry
After coming home from the grocery store last week, I found my shower curtain, rod and all, sprawled across the shower floor. At first glance, it startled me since I knew it wasn’t that way when I left the house. Had an intruder gained access to my home while...
