Posts by Pressing On Together
It’s Not a Sure Thing
An undergraduate student challenged my comments on health policy. She thought that, because she was going to be a physician, her future was secure with ample income and a great career. She would not entertain any other possibility. And she wasn’t even in med school yet! She refused to believe her view of the future…
Read MoreSet Free FOR Dependence
To be really free, we must become dependent. To the world, that is an oxymoron. To Christians, it is the path to joy. The more dependent we are on Christ, the freer we are. Complete freedom requires total dependence on God. Dependence, even in this world, isn’t necessarily easy. With my eye trouble, I’ve become…
Read MoreI’m a Kept Woman
I’m a kept woman. No, this isn’t an X-rated post. All children of God are kept. Christians are kept men, kept women, kept children. God’s Guarantee Jude says this: “Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for [or by] Jesus…
Read MoreOverload!
An overloaded airplane will not fly. When a truck is overloaded, its springs break. When heavy snow builds up on bushes, the branches break. When we have too many obligations, when we try to do too many things, we might cope successfully for a period of time, but, long-term, we break. Implications of Overload When…
Read MoreJesus’ Time Management
After taking several time management courses, I decided I would not take another unless they guaranteed I would have 25 hours in a day. Here’s how bad it was: When I was working, my favorite day of the year was the day we switched from daylight savings to standard time. That day, and only that…
Read MoreHow to Move On
Are you stuck? Most of us have gotten stuck in the past at one time or another; sometimes for long periods of time. Unfortunately, the past is a very unproductive place to be: it steals opportunity and joy. By affecting today, it diminishes tomorrow as well. It is essential to move on. But how? Here…
Read MoreSurgery
My first retinal surgery corrected the underlying problem! I am so grateful. I have visual improvement in that eye already, although it will be “a while” before I know how well I’ll be able to see. Surgery on the other eye is next week.
Read MoreMaking it Worse to Make it Better
The retinal surgeon made three holes in my eye, and cut out most of the inside of the eyeball. This is making me better?! Any surgery makes a hole in the body where there is not supposed to be a hole. This is supposed to make the patient whole? Yet, in order to become well,…
Read MoreInterruption or Opportunity?
My eye trouble was not on my schedule for 2015. Nope. Vision problems started in December and life won’t get back to normal (Lord, please! Restored vision!) until approximately August. I had a plan! I had projects I wanted to finish this year and I had hoped to spend time promoting my book. (When Storms…
Read MoreStart What Must Be Finished
My dad was in the Navy in WWII. When he sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge, heading to war, he said he was relieved to start what must be finished. In order to finish anything, we must start. We must have our goal in mind, and we must get on with it. If we’re scared,…
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