Susan Davidson
I am a country girl from a small town nestled in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. I love discovering something new in God's word, sipping on my favorite coffee and enjoying the simple things in life. And I love to write about all the everyday stuff in between. My hope is that the things I share on my page will encourage and inspire you to find God's purpose for your own everyday journey.
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Ball Park Lemonade
I have so many special memories of summers from my childhood. One such memory was sipping my mom’s homemade lemonade on the porch swing in the late afternoons. My mom still makes the best lemonade in three counties, and there was no better way growing up to end a long, hot day. Nothing in life was better except for the great conversation and laughs on that old porch swing. I have since made memories with my daughter. Memories that include our favorite lemonade. As I’ve gotten older and a lot busier, I admit I tend to do things a little differently than my mom. I have a few unique…
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When God is at Rest During Your Storm
“The Lord said unto me, I will take my rest and will look from My dwelling place like clear heat in the sunshine and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” Isaiah 18:4 ( KJV) My situation was already bad. But things just went from bad to worse. I had prayed. I was still showing up in church. I had read that devotion. I had even wrote that devotion. And yet, things had gotten worse. I had no doubt God sees me. And he saw my situation. He even saw it get worse to the point that I didn’t know what I was going to do. And…
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Life Lessons
In my current season of being a caregiver, it leaves me little time for myself to do the things I enjoy doing. I also find it hard to steal away time alone to pray. Each day of my husband’s journey with Multiple Schlerosis gets harder as the disease takes more and more from each of us. So as I joined an online My One Thing summer coaching group led by author Nicki Koziarz, I found myself making going on a prayer walk a mile to two a day as “my one thing goal”. I set my goal and I was determined to show up faithfully every single day for the…
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Not Today Comparison
Key Verse: Psalm 68:11 (NIV) “The Lord announces his word and the women who proclaim it is a mighty throng.” All my life there has been one battle I have tried over and over again to gain the victory over. It reminds me of that part of scripture where it says that the children of Israel were never really able to capture all the Jebusites. No matter how hard they tried to conquer them there were always some that got away to come back to cause trouble another day. Comparison has been my version of the Jebusites for many long years of my life. I have desperately wanted and…
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He Gives Me a Change of Shoes
Key Verse: Psalms 40:2-4 (KJV) “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” I have never been a high heel dress up kind of girl but I do love a great pair of boots. Give me boots over heels any day. Give me the real leather kind of boot with the cute buckles and just the right amount of a heel to make them super comfortable and I am in love. Fall is my favorite time of year and so out comes my chunky sweaters and my favorite pair of Frye boots…
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Homemade Guacamole with Essential Oils
My sweet grandson is at the beach this week, and it is pouring the rain. Not in the mood to read, but I am in the mood for a snack. So my “me” time today is going to look like a big bowl of homemade guacamole with essential oils and a large pile of tortilla chips. I have always loved guacamole but never made it homemade before Cov-19. I have a Mexican restaurant a couple of minutes from my house, so each time I crave this Avocado feast from heaven, I just run there and grab a bowl. But with being confined to quarantine due to Covid-19 to be…
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Waiting Our Turn
Sometimes you learn lessons from the most unexpected places. God is using my dog Mindy to teach me some extraordinary lessons. Lessons about being patient, being myself, and that the sky isn’t going to fall when you make goofy mistakes. Another lesson is that sometimes we have to wait our turn, and when we are patient enough to wait, good things come to you in the end. Mindy is not my first West Highland Terrier. She is my second. Chloe was my first Westie, and she was special. She was a rescue dog I found while browsing Petfinder. The minute I saw her little face on the screen, I knew…
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God Cares Enough to Know My Name
I will be honest. There are days I struggle to understand why life is hard. Times when I wonder if anyone sees me at all. But God’s holy word assures me, even on the hard days, that God cares enough to know my name. He concerns himself with everything about me. Even on the days where all I do is find enough strength left in me to sit and cry, that is when God catches my tears in His bottle. So I sat down today… I found an empty chair on a day when I felt like my soul was empty, and I just sat. I wasn’t angry. I…
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We Are Never Insignificant to the One Who Matters Most
Have you ever felt insignificant? It is a feeling that I know I struggle with from time to time. It is hard to believe that such a big word can make you feel not only small but less than. Less smart. Less beautiful. Less qualified for the job. We are never insignificant to the one who matters most. God never sees us as insignificant, for He is our creator. So let’s take a closer look at this word that wreaks such havoc on our souls. And if I am honest causes me to struggle to find my place and purpose in this world. As I sat in that…
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Finding Confidence to Jump Into Life
I haven’t always had confidence and often let things intimidate me. As a result, I lacked the confidence to jump in and would sit out. I remember when I was a kid, I wanted so much to learn to swim. I watched all the other kids jumping in the water and swimming around. They made it look so easy. They made it look like so much fun. Easy and fun for them but scary for me. Every time during the car ride to the pool, I would have myself totally convinced that I would do it today. I would convince myself that I was going to run and jump in…
