Category Archives: Empty Nest

Google Doesn’t Have All the Answers

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Cathy Rogerson

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 Have you ever been so desperate you Google “Where are you taking me God and what is your plan?????” and you half expect an answer? That is where … Continue reading →

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Road Map to Mental Health

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Cathy Rogerson

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving make your requests … Continue reading →

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Bargaining With God

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Cathy Rogerson

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them … Continue reading →

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What is Your Identity?

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Cathy Rogerson

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago. (Eph. 2:10 NLT) We are God’s masterpiece… When I think of a masterpiece I … Continue reading →

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We Get to Choose

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Cathy Rogerson

Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise His Holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits-who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from … Continue reading →

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A Trust Exercise

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Cathy Rogerson

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 Have you ever done one of those trust exercises where you stand in front of someone and fall back into … Continue reading →

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Created for So Much More!

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Cathy Rogerson

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you … Continue reading →

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Why Pray?

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Cathy Rogerson

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And He who searches our hearts … Continue reading →

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Miracles Do Happen

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Cathy Rogerson

Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe … Continue reading →

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While I Wait…

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Cathy Rogerson

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27:13, 14 Last week a … Continue reading →

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