Teresa's Treasures

If you were to come to me and tell me you felt hopeless, this is what I'd say. 1) You're not. You cannot believe every thought that comes to your mind. Let it go. Hopelessness is a feeling, not a fact. 2) Because God IS love, God cannot NOT love you. You probably sang the same song I did as a child: "Jesus loves me this I know. For the Bible tells me so."  That Jesus loves you is a fact, not a feeling. 3) Nothing has EVER happened to you that hasn't first gone through God's sieve of approval. Whatever has caused you to feel hopeless, God was privy to before you and allowed it to happen. "No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will provide a way out so that you can endure it." 1 Cor. 10:13 4) Have faith in God, not faith in faith. Trusting your fears and believing your doubts produces hopelessness. Trusting God to o

Yesterday I came home from Edmonton from visiting in an absolutely torrential downpour. Twice I pulled off the road because visibility was zero. Phil told me I was in a precarious position because someone could mistake me for a moving car a nd plaster me. Considering the conditions I saw I had no other choice but to sit there. A sitting duck, in my opinion, is much better than a dead one any day, of course, unless you hunt them. Fast forward about two hours and you have what happened that you see in this picture. Going around Phil's monstrous recliner that sits near the fireplace, I tripped over his phone charger cord, which is near the cord for the lighted garland that lays behind the figurines on the mantel that's been that way since Christmas. I felt if people have other lighted trees at their home year round that I could have lighted garland on my mantel surrounding my figurines year round. (The two angels Laura gave me, by the way, survived without injury.) Somehow I remai

SUBMISSION: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT By: Doris Black This lesson is taken from a tape by Doris Black I transcribed over twenty years ago. Every bit of it is hers. I received permission to share this with my class from her by telephone. I hope it blesses your life as much as it has mine. The underlined capitalized words are words I have filled in that I leave out intentionally, when I teach this lesson, that I want to emphasize. Feel free to make copies. * There are 21 marriage commands which fall into 5 categories.                  To the husband:                1) leave and cleave                                                  2) love your wife as your own body  To the wife:                        3) submit in everything                                                      (except if it involves sin)                                                  4) respect your husband   To both:                               5) deprive not one another of your b

My mom and dad are both in the same nursing home an hour away from where I live. I visit them every Thursday. This is what I was inspired to write after my visit with them yesterday. NURSING HOME I go I stay I see I leave Voices all around Not all I heed I wish when I left On Thursday morn I’d see smiling faces Instead of forlorn The shuffling feet The frozen stares Eyes grown dim Once bright Now glare. I’m sure they’re all different Since now they’ve grown old Than whom they remember In the stories they’ve told. “Where’s my room?” Hilly asks “You’re almost there.” Sarah speaks “Just ten more steps.” As he shuffles his feet. Bingo, breakfast, Moon pies and popcorn Trying to lift spirits Of the tired and the torn Angels on earth Just a small chosen few It takes a skilled hand To do what they do Lifting, stooping Re-positioning  heads Straightening clothes Changing the beds What nursing ho