It's Five Minute Friday when I link up with Kate Motaung . Each week we are given a one word prompt. We have five minutes flat to write. Our word for today is KEEP . GO I hear the words 'let it go' every day. I teach preschool children and so it's not unusual to hear little girls spontaneously start to sing the familiar song from the Frozen movie. I hear the words 'let go and let God'. These are words of faith. But how often do doubts and worry replace trust? In a world that can be turned upside down, it can be all too easy to clin…

February is a special month for me. Yes, my birthday is the first day of the month but it's also Heart Month. It's the month when we draw attention to the fact that: The #1 killer of women is heart disease. It's often thought of as a men's disease but it's not. I've often heard people justify their poor health habits by saying you have to die of something. Why not a sudden heart attack? But that's not always the case. I worked as a cardiac nurse for 25 years. I once conducted a survey asking heart patients what they were most…

What feeds my soul? That is the question posed by Bonnie Gray of Faith Barista as she begins her Spiritual Whitespace book club. I've read her book Finding Spiritual Whitespace: Awakening Your Soul to Rest . It's the kind of book I will read and reread. All week I pondered this question in anticipation of this post. What feeds my soul? 1. My morning quiet time feeds my soul. Over the years I've learned that the best use of my time in the early morning is to spend it reading my Bible and praying. It has become a priority for me.  It's like…