http://www.comfort-cafe.net Comfort Cafe Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:02:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Readers, This month I am so pleased to bring you an interview with a lovely woman who shall remain nameless. I've decided to run her interview in two parts because I feel she has so much of substance to say about building a life on the foundation of scripture and ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=5322 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. Psalm 71:9 Welcome to Comfort Cafe, an ezine and resource center offering hope, help and healing for women. In This Issue—Home Alone (Adjusting to the Empty Nest) Ruth's Blog, Comfort Cafe's editor: Ach, Backing Up ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=4960 By Ray Pritchard How many people do you know who, no matter what the circumstances and no matter how they feel, will always do exactly what they say they will do every single time and do it with the some thoroughness and perfection that you never have to worry about anything ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=4424 Amy Bayliss A while back I had a talk with a friend. She had discovered her late grandmothers Bible just a few days before and was excited and overwhelmed as she spoke of the treasures she found inside. She said that in times of trouble her grandmother had always told her ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=4772 On Stage Come Away, by Cheri Showalter In The Shadow, by Cheri Showalter You Alone Are My Rock, by Cheri Showalter Artist Through many years of struggling with insecurity and fear, God used music as a way to draw Cheri to Himself and grab a hold of her heart. In the process, she was transformed ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=4616 By Vicki Huffman When I was younger with small children, my husband occasionally came home from work to me bombarding him with talk. Once he said to me, “Talk to adults much?” and laughed. I said, “No! And that’s the problem.” I was not amused. My husband learned that there were times I needed ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=4807 By Marianne Miles Grandma moved into a retirement home six months before this visit. With three small children, I didn’t come as often as I thought I would when she moved here, but usually came at least twice a week, often with the kids. “How are you, Grandma?” I asked as I ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=5355 By Vicki Huffman The expression that nature abhors a vacuum is especially true as we age: clutter, both material and mental, expands to fill our time and our lives. Those of us who are often in e-mail can attest to that as our boxes fill up frequently. A lot of stuff ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=4805 When children are young, we teach them to tie their own shoes, fix their own sandwiches, and eventually how to drive and do their own laundry. Parents spend time teaching their children in hopes they will be independent, productive young adults. And wasn’t this the goal? However, some parents have ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=5007 All verses cited in the NCV. [i] Proverbs 28:13 [ii] Jeremiah 15:20b [iii] Romans 6:13, “Do not offer the parts of your body to serve sin, as things to be used in doing evil. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used in doing good.” [iv] Jeremiah 29:11 [v] Exodus 20:13 [vi] Proverbs ... http://www.comfort-cafe.net/?p=5330