If you’ve had a week like I have, you’re looking for peace and grace today. I know where you can find it!
Walk into any church (I hope you choose ours if you’re in Florida: www.covenantpalmbay.org) and you will find a welcome, a warm greeting, and most of all, the intentional “stop action” on everything outside, and worship the God Almighty who is not only capable of providing peace and grace, but Who bids you come into His presence. In songs, psalms, hymns, and words of encouragement, I promise you will be refreshed, and you will leave with the strength to face whatever comes your way during upcoming days.
In a time when Super Bowl talk, rumbles of war in Europe, financial stresses, upheaval in politics, and Olympic controversies demand our attention, I find it necessary, like food and drink, to take a break for all this and find fellowship, quiet, comfort, and encouragement in the house of God.
If you don’t have a “home church,” find the nearest one. Christians are the same everywhere because they fellowship with the Father. Church is a great place to be on the Lord’s Day!
A career teacher, with forty years of teaching language arts/English, Betty Jackson enjoys wordsmithing, writing, and reading as a vocation and avocation.Retirement is her "age of frosting," a chance to pursue postponed hobbies with gusto. She especially sends kudos to the Space Coast Writers Guild members for their encouragement and advice. Her five books, It's a God Thing!, Job Loss: What's Next? A Step by Step Action Plan, and Bless You Bouquets: A Memoir, And God Chose Joseph: A Christmas Story, and Rocking Chair Porch: Summers at Grandma's are available at Amazon.com. Ms. Jackson is available to speak to local groups and to offer her books at discount for fundraising purposes at her discretion. She and her husband soon celebrate their 47th anniversary, and have lived in New York, New Jersey, Iowa, and now the paradise of Palm Bay, Florida. Their two grown children and daughter-in-love, all orchestra musicians, and our beautiful granddaughters Kaley and Emily live nearby. Hobbies, and probably future topics on her blog: gardening, symphonic music (especially supporting the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra as a volunteer and proud parent of a violinist, a cellist, and an oboist), singing, book clubs, and co-teaching a weekly small-group Bible study for seniors. She volunteers and substitute teaches at Covenant Christian School, and serves as a board member of the Best Yet Set senior group at church. Foundationally, she daily enjoys God's divine appointments called Godincidences, which show God's providence and loving kindness.