Apply Your Heart

A Changed View

By Dana Rausch / December 28, 2015

Exhausted, I laid down to take a five minute nap yet it turned into a thirty minute nap. Sitting up I couldn’t focus. Things across the room were blurry. Reaching to rub my eyes I came in contact with my glasses. Chagrined realizing I had left them on. Oh my! Now they were tweaked. Unable to […]

The Light Went On!

Triumph

By Dana Rausch / December 14, 2015

The Christmas lights never seemed to light up. I plugged them in – didn’t work. I replaced lights – didn’t work. I even bought new ones – didn’t work. Year after year I tried new things but the lights would not light up. Pulling out the Christmas decorations I prayed it would be different. Reminiscing […]

My Heart Needs a Root Canal

Change

By Dana Rausch / November 10, 2015

I desperately need a root canal, but not the kind you think. I need one on my heart. It is in sad shape and the worst of it all is I have let the condition linger far too long. I’ve tried to just live with it. But I can’t anymore. Something has to be done…. […]

Smear Campaigns

Triumph

By Dana Rausch / November 2, 2015

“I can’t believe you even talk to her!” my friend fumed. “After all she has said about you. She is nice to your face but the minute you turn around she is saying how stupid you are, what a rotten parent you are, and how spoiled your grandkids are.” I sat smiling and took in […]

Replanted

Life Lessons

By Dana Rausch / October 15, 2015

A person reaps what they sow. If you plant an apple seed you get an apple tree. If you plant an avocado seed, you get an avocado tree. If you plant a lemon seed you get a lemon tree. So what do you get if you plant lies in a fertile mind? You get a […]

Arguing With The Author

Heartbreak

By Dana Rausch / October 1, 2015

Not once have I read a novel and argued with the author. Never have I debated with them on the characters they chose or the situations the characters endured. I simply read the book from cover to cover and accepted the outcome. Hebrews 12:2 says, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, […]

Volcanic Emotions

Life Lessons

By Dana Rausch / September 28, 2015

A note of caution before you read this story. I am going to be very honest with you. You may not like or respect me after I share my feelings. People ask me how and why I share what I do and my answer is because we are all similar. We ALL feel certain things although […]

Do I Know You?

Heartbreak

By Dana Rausch / September 23, 2015

Clueless to what I had done, my foot hurt and I was struggling to walk. Taking it easy for the day I stayed off it but in the afternoon I needed to run to the store. Strategizing how I could walk in the store and grab a few things closest to the door, I set […]

Flare Ups

Life Lessons

By Dana Rausch / September 11, 2015

Can I be honest with you? I’ve been deeply hurt by someone and highly offended. Just when I think I can let it go another flare up occurs. The anger, the hurt and the tears come flooding back and I am at square one once more. I decided to write that person a letter and […]

Changing Tactics

Change

By Dana Rausch / August 23, 2015

Driving to a neighboring city, I popped in a CD and listened to a sermon on marriage. Wishing I could take notes, I was thankful I’d be able to listen again another time. The pastor ended with prayer as I arrived at my destination. Returning to my car later, I started it, plugged in my […]