Author Archives: Laura Neeley

          I’ve always loved hoop earrings…small, large, medium, silver or gold. There’s something about them that’s so classic, simple and elegant.           A few years ago, I had on my favorite pair of hoop earrings.  They were rope silver/black hoops.  Somehow when I was taking one off, it rolled under our dresser.  I tried toContinue reading “Light in the Darkness”

          In the mornings when I rise, I either immediately get ready for work or I throw on clothes and get out for a walk if I’m not working.  Whether I’m working or not, I end up in our living room to have my devotions, read my Bible and have a prayer time with theContinue reading “Which one are you?”

For the next few days, I will be posting short, little stories that God has put on my heart. In other words, I won’t be writing my normal very long and laborious articles – ha!! Enjoy the brevity!!! I’m not known for that in my writing or speaking.

          “Noah did everything according to what God commanded.”  Genesis 6:22. What a statement!  Could that be said of you – that you’ve listened and done EVERYTHING God asked of you?  I’ve asked myself this question numerous times. Noah most certainly was that salmon swimming upstream.  Don’t you know he was shunned, made fun ofContinue reading “Obedience”

          My family grew up vacationing for a week each summer on the Atlantic side of Florida, namely, Daytona Beach.  When the hippies took over Daytona in the early 1960s, Mom and Dad began staying in Ormond Beach, just a few miles north of famous Daytona. When Norman and I got married, we went thereContinue reading “Blindsided”

Just like the TV networks interrupt their regularly scheduled shows to make an emergency announcement or preempt to tell you about a breaking news story, I interrupt my normally scheduled article (You didn’t know it was coming, but I’ve been working on one that I planned to publish today) to bring you something entirely different. Continue reading “INSURMOUNTABLE”

The older I get, the more I ponder this question:  What legacy will I leave? What will our son know and remember about me?  I don’t have grands yet, but if our son eventually gets married, and the Lord blesses him with children, what will those kiddos remember about me?  What will family say aboutContinue reading “Legacy”

Well, I know you probably weren’t jumping up and down and drawn to today’s article.  I mean who likes the topic of suffering? When I just hear the word, I think of little children and adults hungry and starving because of not having enough to eat in our own country, as well as numerous others.Continue reading “Suffering”

What do they have in common? You guessed it!  These 3 bring us comfort! Oh, I could’ve made a much longer list. What are some things that bring you comfort? Recently, I was asked, “Where do you look for comfort?” Do you turn to your spouse, friends, material things, food?  The question really hit meContinue reading “Dogs, teddy bears and ice cream sundaes”

What has you burdened?  Oh, I don’t just mean you’re a little worried or stressed about something.  I mean someone or something that is weighing you down…that hangs over you like a cloud.  You can’t escape it no matter what else is going on. When I was an older child and teenage girl, I wasContinue reading “Burdened”