Susan Wheeler Smith

There was a time when I would run from conviction. Run and ignore.Over the last few years, however, I have learned to embrace conviction. In fact, I find that conviction equals freedom: I no longer need to do it myself. He sees, He is there to help me.Yesterday, during Worship, was just such a conviction.It wasn't [...]

.I sit looking out the sliding glass doors from our living room to the deck and the woods beyond. The rising sun is streaming through the tops of the trees and it is so peaceful. I can almost imagine that everything is just the way it is supposed to be. It is not. A part of [...]

Strap yourselves in. This is going to get bumpy.While on vacation last week, God and I had quite the "come to Jesus moment." Several of them actually.In all honesty, He is really quite done with my whole little tantrum-throwing-it's-never-about-me junk.I run with God. I am a wife. I am a mom. I serve in our [...]

My Man and I, when we have had a moment or two to talk without a gaggle of kids around, have always laughed about the one thing we have truly done "right." We made some pretty dern good-looking kids. The reason we laugh about this is because, obviously, the only hand in this we had [...]

You would think I would know this by now. But I don't.I am still floored when my life goes straight from one "thing" to another.For instance, with My Girl. Two steps forward, one step back is the norm. I am still taken aback when the "one step back" occurs. Just as I help my sister [...]

If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is someone blaming everyone/everything else and not taking responsibility for their own actions (The Blame Game) and his ugly cousin, That's Not My Job.I suppose I expect more from people working in ministry. You blew it. Own up to it! If it falls under your ministry [...]

Ok. We're going to take our annual photo on the rock at the miniature golf course.On your mark...Get set...Go!Seriously, why does it have to be so painful to get from A to C?

Presenting...a list::: Watch sunrise (currently in process).:: Quiet time, incorporating scripture Joanne shared with me yesterday, James 4:7-10.:: Wash up non-dishwasher dishes from dinner last night. I love using my vintage dishware and glasses. Totally worth the hand-washing required.:: Continue working on laundry. Cleaning out My Girl's room has loaded up the laundry room x10.:: [...]

My sister and I have, in our own advanced years, started referring to our parents as, The Old People.We mean no disrespect.At 70 and 72, they are old. Or at least, they act old.They show all the signs.disucssing all of their ailments, over and over againdrive 40 in a 50mph zonebicker back and forth over [...]