Buggy Thoughts

I've moved!

Cheryl Kosec — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:49:44 PST

I've moved and you're invited to visit me at my new digs!

Grace & Humility!

Cheryl Kosec — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:06:16 PST

This morning while in the shower I was thinking about the blessings and thanks we’ve all been posting on Twitter and Facebook. Not that I don’t reflect upon my blessings each and every day, but this being Thanksgiving I was reflecting upon my blessings. We all tend to focus on the positive event and people in our lives and then it struck me that I am also thankful for the not so positive events and people in my life. Then I sat down to read my devotions. As I read Daniel 9: 15-19 and James 4 it was right there...

"The Greatest Gift"

Cheryl Kosec — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:25:19 PST

Thanks to Carlos Whitaker for posting this. Thanking God for my greatest gift! The Greatest Gift from Carlos Whittaker on Vimeo.

Act Swiftly

Cheryl Kosec — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:35:26 PST

This past week Jon and I had the privilege to attend the Right Now Conference. This is the 2nd year that we’ve had a chance to go and I have to admit that it was just as inspiring as it was the first time. My mind is reeling with thoughts, ideas, wanting to get moving, wanting to act swiftly. I’m suffering from what JR Vassar described as “anguish of aspirations”. The entire premise behind Right Now is that the church doesn’t have time to sit back and think about what needs to be done to stop injustice, to feed the...

Random act of culture

Cheryl Kosec — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:31:57 PDT

This is just absolutely awesome! I just can't imagine what it would've been like to have been there, but sure would've loved to have the chance. What a great start to the holiday season!

Encouragement For Today « Treasure Hunt by Gail Hyatt

Cheryl Kosec — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:49:09 PDT

Praying for a real sense of God’s abiding presence in you today—filling you, and leading you each step of the way. via gailbhyatt.wordpress.com Thanks Gail for this posting!

Learning to be a Texan

Cheryl Kosec — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:34:11 PDT

I'm learning what it means to live in Texas. Mornings and evenings are peaceful and breathtakingly beautiful There are critters I've never seen before, including those that will visit you in the house whenever they want! Everything is big including flowers.... food... and freeways. Although we can go to the beach anytime we want. We will still enjoy some fall colors as we've always done up north! So as one of our friends has said..." We weren't born here, but we got here as fast as we could!"

Mom's and Daughters

Cheryl Kosec — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:14:32 PDT

If you’re a daughter or a mom I’m sure that you’’ll agree with me that the fair majority of mom’s and daughter’s have some kind of a “love/hate” relationship going. It’s just a law of nature. I’ll admit that I truly have that type of relationship with my mom. There have been times and still are when she was and/or is my hero and everything that I want to be. And times when she is not on the top of my list and there’s no way I want to be like her. But, no matter where we were in our...

Some call it stress!

Cheryl Kosec — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:41:58 PDT

Have you ever taken one of those tests to determine how much stress you are may be experiencing due to all the life changes that you've undergone in the past year. Well, I started to think about this the other day and I can't find any way that I can call the life changes that we've had stressors. In fact, I can't see them as anything but waiting to see! How can you consider these stressors? News that our one son and daughter-in-law are headed to New Haven, CT to begin a new adventure as he enters Yale Divinity School....

Memories

Cheryl Kosec — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:58:00 PDT

Having lived in the Madison, WI area we tend to travel over that way quite a bit to do some shopping. I remember when we first lived there we came across a small town between Platteville, WI and Dubuque, IA called Dickeyville. It's funny how something as obtuse as a town name can bring back memories of something or someone. So, it didn't surprise me not too long ago on one of our excursions to Madison that as we passed the Dickeyville exit Jon remarked that when he sees the name of the town it makes him think of my...