by Vickie Petz | Oct 17, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
Fatigue is a formidable opponent. It is also foreign to me. Some days I survive by clinging to the hope tomorrow will be a better day. Lamentations 3:21-23, “But this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his...
by Vickie Petz | Oct 10, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
On the corner of River and Market Street, my grandparent’s house sat across the street from an elementary school. The playground in the front lacked a fence which I accepted as an open invitation to escape the heat and cigarette smoke. As a young girl, the...
by Vickie Petz | Sep 23, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
It was a hard week by anyone’s standards. Twenty-eight hours and over two-hundred miles separated two funerals I attended. Yes, was definitely a hard week. Is something wrong? Think about what’s right with you? Myasthenia gravis and stress do not play nice...
by Vickie Petz | Sep 5, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
Peace like a river? I don’t know about you, but the rivers I’ve rafted aren’t exactly peaceful. Of course the inflatable boat is launched in a relatively calm section, but then you hear the roar of white water upstream and realize trouble is looming....