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Editor’s Letter, September 2010
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 Is Hard To Do!
Creation Speaks: Deb Allen’s beautiful nature photos and devotionals.
Coffee Shop Concert—Cheri Showalter
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 from a terrified girl to a Spirit led woman. God’s changing touch is visible upon her heart, life and music.
See the Coffee Shop Concert Page
Articles
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 conflicting feelings when the kids begin to venture out on their own.
Empty Nest: Wasn’t This The Goal? From AllAboutGOD.com
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 they say or do because you know if they say it, they will definitely do it without fail, without change and without excuse?
Great Is Thy Faithfulness, by Ray Pritchard
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 that a Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.
The Well-worn Bible, by Amy Bayliss
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.
What Do You Want To Be When The Kids Grow Up? by Vicki Huffman
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.
Touch Me, by Marianne Miles
Devotionals
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 floating around the internet is the same old, same old, but occasionally something special comes along.
For All The Marbles, by Vicki Huffman