by Renie Bowman | Feb 14, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
If you are in the habit of consulting only yourself, trusting your own instincts and believing that you will know in your heart what to do when the time comes, then you have a big problem. In Proverbs 28:26, the Bible says, “He that trusteth in his own heart is a...
by Renie Bowman | Feb 7, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Faith, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self-Care, Wisdom
You probably woke that fateful morning, assuming everything would probably run along on the accustomed track. Never dreaming – or nightmaring – that particular day would be so much different than you expected. After all, even with all of life’s up and downs, usually a...
by Renie Bowman | Jan 17, 2024 | Cautionary Tale, Faith, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships
Most Valuable Player. Depends upon the perspective and opinion of the person watching the game. Does he believe that it should be the player who scored the most points? Or is he of the opinion that the MVP can be a player who kept successfully setting up the offense...
by Renie Bowman | Dec 27, 2023 | Faith, Family, Inspiration, Relationships, Wisdom
Grandma lay in the hospital bed, a shadow of the vital, energetic woman she had been just a year ago. Her strong hands that were endlessly involved in her family’s life, providing, comforting, and disciplining, now lay listlessly on the bed cover, thin and fragile....
by Renie Bowman | Dec 13, 2023 | Cautionary Tale, Communication, Faith, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
The old man is sitting on his front porch is his favorite rocking chair and talking to a his freshly minted twenty-one-year-old grandson – attempting to encourage him to think things over clearly before deciding. To make decisions for his life based on clear facts, a...
by Renie Bowman | Dec 6, 2023 | Communication, Faith, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Wisdom
Mom and her teen-age daughter were grocery shopping together, preparing for the family dinner on Friday night. The family always enjoyed fresh fruits, so before paying out at the cash register, they stopped in the fruit and vegetable section of the store. Mom picked...
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