by Debbie Putman | Jun 23, 2017 | Five Minute Friday, Retirement, Walking with God
Why do I think life will go forward slow and steady? A straight road? I should know by now, it’s more like a roller coaster. Full of twists and turns. Sometimes laughing with delight, but other times forcing me to hold on and scream. My Steady Life For...
by Debbie Putman | Mar 30, 2017 | Five Minute Friday, Walking with God
Absolutely. Positively. Definitely. 100% sure. I used to think I knew without doubt how to be a wife. A mother. A woman of God. But the older I get the less I know. Well, not really. But what I was absolutely, positively, definitely sure of in my twenties and...
by Debbie Putman | Feb 9, 2017 | Awed by God, Five Minute Friday
Get home! I raced down the hall toward the parking lot. My heels clattered down the quiet walkway. No middle schoolers flooded the hall; school ended an hour ago. I stayed for a meeting, but I needed to be home for an appointment and to get dinner for Van before he...
by Debbie Putman | Jan 7, 2016 | Five Minute Friday, Walking with God
First, it’s been a long time since I participated in Five-Minute Friday. I didn’t have much to say. Too busy wallowing in my circumstances. I spent the two week Christmas vacation I am privileged to have since I am a teacher, to review and reflect on where...
by Debbie Putman | Jul 17, 2015 | Family, Five Minute Friday, Freedom in Christ
“Go home,” Mom says every time she sees me. “You shouldn’t waste your time sitting here. I’m fine.” Me too, Mom. I’m fine sitting here. It is my joy to be here with her. During the summer, I’m free from the...
by Debbie Putman | Apr 16, 2015 | Five Minute Friday, God's Presence and Care, Trust, Walking with God
It’s Five Minute Friday. Time to write for five minutes flat without editing on the prompt from Kate Motaung. Jesus said, “Do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34) What...
