Susandoodles

Susandoodles

Love God, love life, love one another.

Susan is trained in journalism, teaching and ministry;
now retired, the blog provides a means to continue sharing thoughts.

Category: Religion

  • Monday Thoughts: Too much to reflect upon, Yet so much to share

    My journey through the year-long Bible study continues and when I add that to daily life and any other reading I do whether continuing The Chronicles of Narnia,or whether it is the Brian Zahand’s book Beauty Will Save the World, or even a scan of the local newspaper, the internet or even…

  • God’s glory, the Son’s shining light, and today’s sunshine

    Sunshine has returned!  In fact this marks the third day just this week seeing the brilliance of Spring’s sun shining through the new leaves of trees around the house. Goodness, it feels so good! Any day filled with sunshine feels so much more valuable than days filled with clouds, rain, snow and…

  • Have you ever been so afraid to read a book that you fail to?

    Ok, I admit that is what happened to me in relation to an entire genre—fantasy.  And I had my reasons to avoid them. Primarily I am dyslexic and reading books with created language does not work well for me.  First, I have to decode the language and then I have to create…

  • Just one word makes all the difference

    Continuing on my year-long Bible study, I find that my thoughts are so full of ideas that it is difficult to isolate a clear statement. Today, it took me all week to locate what I had read and find a way to state what I learned. I pray that it…

  • Yesterday was a true Monday; Certainly Job would understand

    At times life seems to be floating along with little trouble and we get lulled into complacency.  We listen to the news and know that there are troubles swirling around us, but somehow they really do not affect our day-to-day routines. And there are those times when we are hassled by…

  • I heard the peepers! Hope soars as spring eases in.

    The truest harbinger of spring has to be the sweet, sweet sounds of peepers in the evening.  Last night as I took the dogs out, I heard them.  True it was faint, but that sound is undeniable. Then this morning, just before dawn, I stepped outside and again I heard that glorious…

  • I know. Ash Wednesday over, Lent begins. I’m not ready.

    The long, cold winter has so consumed my psyche that I was unprepared to accept the arrival of March.  We seem so far away from the typical spring images that usually accompany March.  And accompanying that, I was surprised when I realized that Tuesday was Mardi Gras, which meant that Wednesday…

  • Rules, rules, and more rules: Understanding OT rules makes NT rule even more significant

    Surely you know the feeling when you read something and it strikes you as such an evident piece of truth you wonder why in the world you haven’t realized this before.  I certainly am finding this as I continue working through the Bible reading plan. This morning the statement was buried…

  • At least the winter weather won’t interfere with a journey through ancient scriptures

    I know, I just could not resist that we are still in the midst of one of the craziest winters here in the middle of the US: snow, ice, more snow, spring temperatures, fog, even freezing fog (I call frog), rain, snow, and more.  During the past several years, we have…

  • My confession: Valentines Day makes me cringe

         Before anyone clicks off and does not listen to my reasoning, let me say that this is strictly my opinion after years and years living through all the hype that comes with Valentines Day—from teen years, through college years, through dating, marriage and parenting, as a teacher, as a wife,…