Crystal

LIFE”S A BEACH
I am not a sand kind of girl. Not a sun worshipper either. But I do enjoy a balcony overlooking the water, listening to the waves crashing on the beach, and the beauty of nature. I love birdwatching and sometimes there isn’t anything better than sitting and watching the pelicans fish. Their grace astounds me,…

DISGRACEFUL
For the first time in my life, I am embarrassed to be an American. Okay, that is not exactly true. I am embarrassed by the actions of the parties in Washington. But I’m also embarrassed by the actions of our nation’s citizens. I stand for the freedom we call our own; however, can we not…

Focusing on What-ifs
Philippians 1:9-10 This is my prayer; that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ. In my devotion, Embraced by Lysa TerKeurest, she used this verse. I underlined…

CANCER…
There is something about that word that strikes fear into the heart of Christ Followers and Non-believers. Cancer does not care who you are and what you believe. It only cares about its survival. My Mother had colon cancer and breast cancer. Mammograms revealed cysts in her breasts for years, always nothing. Sometimes they were…

HEALTHY?
Since August last year I have been trying to lose my 19-year-old baby weight. No, not trying to get rid of the kid, just the pounds that I seem to have kept after she left my body. I guess technically I lost it, but it came back. So, after getting bored with Jenny Craig, I…

Devotions
Are you a devotional type of person? I am, have been since I was in High School. I loved reading devotions at night before I went to bed. I started buying books when I got married. Before that I used whatever the church had on hand. I love hearing what other writers have to say…

COFFEE WITH GOD
Psalm 143:8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for you I lift up my soul. I love a quiet morning, just me, my dog, my Bible, a cup of coffee and the birds singing to me. My coffee…