Posted October 22, 2016 in Sacred Stories

How’s Debbie?

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“It’s hard to believe in coincidence, but it’s even harder to believe in anything else.” ~John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Denise and Marian were standing out in the yard chatting. Denise asked Marian if she knew how a mutual friend, Debbie, was doing.

Just then, Debbie rode up on her […]

Posted October 19, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

Good Never Runs Out

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Sufficiency is the natural order of things. Good never runs out—although it may change form. Neale Donald Walsch said that, and you are seeing evidence of it around you everyday.

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Posted October 15, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Starr

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Starr was a wonderful dog. Starr lived with Linda and Tim, and their children, Billy and Christie. Starr loved each of them, and the family was blessed to have her with them for seventeen years.

Starr began having really bad health problems. It was painful for the family to watch.

One […]

Posted October 12, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

Silent Presence

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Just about anyone can say the wrong things. Some people are good at saying the right things. But remember this truth from the BK Thought for the Day, “When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.”

If someone has been powerfully present with […]

Posted October 8, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Turquoise Ring

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Separated from her husband, adjusting to parenting her son alone, nervous about finances, especially now missing the support of her mother, she went for a hypnotherapy session.

“Do you have a piece of jewelry from your mom?” the therapist asked.

She told the therapist, “Strange you should ask. I have my mom’s […]

Posted October 5, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

Length and Width

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Diane Ackerman said she doesn’t want to get to the end of her life and find that she lived just the length of it. She wants to have lived the width of it as well.

Think about all the ways that is true for us. Buying a house is the length of […]

Posted October 1, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Found It!

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When her brother passed unexpectedly, she went to the cemetery to offer prayers. Her children were meeting her there. She got some flowers and picked up some small stones to bring to the grave. The office gave her a map to find the section, but she had no idea where the specific grave […]

Posted September 28, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

Expect Your Prayers to be Answered

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Sarah Ban Breathnach said we can expect to have hope rekindled. She reminds you to expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

If you find her words refreshing, send email to debra@scs-matters.com, or from within the […]

Posted September 24, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Three Little Birds

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Her heart was heavy as she was driving to her parents’ house with her infant son. Her first family photos were going to be without her husband and her daughter.

She had given birth to twins a few months earlier, but her daughter had only lived three-and-a-half days.

Current family tension […]

Posted September 21, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

What You Scatter

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It is not what you gather, but what you scatter, that tells what kind of life you have lived. I’m not sure who said this, but I saw it on Gratefulness.org and it rings true.

If you want help with what to scatter, send email to debra@scs-matters.com, or from within the continental […]