Barb's Best

If the joy of the Lord is my strength, then my joy is pretty flabby and out of shape. But what fitness regimen is there for joy? Unlike the...

Why can I understand this bit of Ps 23 when I'm reading it, but completely forget about it at 10:30 am when I'm immersed in paperwor...

As I was praying, I realized no matter how much praise I heaped upon the Lord it could never be enough. All that I (or anyone, for that mat...

During Sarah Palin's speech last night the cameras prominently featured her family members. In one shot, her youngest daughter, Piper, w...

Long story short - dogs were prescribed meds. One particular medication involves diluting a pill in a syringe filled with 10cc of water and ...

Tonight, when I got home from work, I opened the back door to let the dogs out. In the yard was a rabbit. Dora didn't notice, but Grac...

I'm (slowly) reading the book "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn. Each chapter (there are 45 of them) is titled as a question one might ...

This past Saturday, I participated in Event #2 of the Highmark Quad Games. I bettered last year's time by almots 3 minutes! In the ov...

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf worl...

Monday through Friday, I wage battles against rising healthcare costs and office politics. Then a truce is called on Saturday and Sunday. ...

I was reading an old journal entry where one of the Barblings had asked me if I was a friend or family. I replied that I was a friend since ...

I've been trying to improve my nutritional habits. Of late, I've been eating a healthy breakfast and stopping eating 2 hours before...

Singing hymns of worship and thanks and feeling like a liar.

The weather today is very hot and humid. Work was busy, with people demanding things of me right and left. I left work late, stopped for a...

During my trip to Toronto I went to the top of the CN Tower . At the Lookout level (the larger round area) there is an area with a glass f...

During my recent trip to Toronto, I got to see a Smart Car up close and personal. The BIKE is almost as big as the CAR. The Smart Car would...

From an article on Birth Order... Youngest: The youngest child tends to be the most creative and can be very charming -- even manipulativ...

"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thun...

I recently got a haircut. I don't like stiff, "formal" hairstyles, so in order to get the right amount of "messy" c...

One of the reasons I find it difficult being single is when I've had a bad day - at work, wherever, whatever - there's no one to com...