by Kristene O'Dell | Jun 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
About 20 years ago, I walked into the Environmental Health Center of Dallas and took a seat in the waiting room. Barely able to sit up in the chair because of extreme fatigue and pain that radiated throughout my entire body, I looked around and took note of the people...
by Kristene O'Dell | May 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
“For the person with creative potential there is no wholeness except in using it.” ― Robert K. Greenleaf It was raining, so I didn’t walk. I also didn’t make my protein smoothie for breakfast. Instead, I made pancakes. They were made from spelt flour, but they...
by Kristene O'Dell | Mar 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Flexibility: pliant; yielding to influence; characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements. Two of my granddaughters found a clothespin lying on my dresser. They are 6 and 7 years old, and the ensuing conversation they had...
by Kristene O'Dell | Jan 17, 2021 | Psalms of Ascent
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. ~ William Barclay https://www.esv.org/Psalm+126/ In January of 2008, my husband and I sat in a Sunday evening service and listened to a message on Psalm 126. Earlier that...
by Kristene O'Dell | Dec 11, 2020 | Psalms of Ascent
“I simply can’t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death… I think… peace and tranquility will return again.” ~ Anne Frank https://ebible.com/esv/psalms/125 Mountains are universal symbols of strength, stability, and closeness to...
