A Little Color in Someone’s Storm

September 17, 2026 / Christine Maynor / Leave a comment

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My Daily Musings-September 17th, 2026

“You may not be able to stop someone’s rain. But your kindness can become a little color inside their storm.”

I am grateful every day for the wonderful people in my life who have shown me kindness and love. They have been the little bit of color I needed when the storms of my life have been heavy and fierce.

For someone who is struggling, sometimes the best thing we can do is sit in the rain with them and listen to them. We don’t even have to say anything; just the kindness of being there is enough. Then, if we feel guided to, we can share some of our story with them. We can learn a lot from the stories of others and how their faith was strengthened in their hardest moments.

Sometimes just sending a text that you are thinking about someone who is struggling is enough. Pray for those you know who are struggling with something hard. Then tell them you are praying for them. Your faith and prayers may be the color they need to make it through their storm.

Has someone ever shown you kindness during a difficult time that helped you through your storm?How can we be a little color in someone else’s storm this week?

His Hand Beneath Mine

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 / Christine Maynor / Leave a comment

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His Hand Beneath Mine

Backstory

When I read this quote for the first time, it stopped me in my tracks. “Anxiety grows when you believe you must carry everything alone. Peace begins when you place what you cannot control into God’s hands.” I thought about a child trying to walk for the first time. He looks up at his father, who is there to catch him. He stumbles and falls many times, but he still tries to walk by himself. The child grows up and becomes an adult who still tries to do things alone. Eventually, the adult realizes that he can’t do everything on his own, so he falls to the ground and cries to his Father in Heaven for help. Then he realizes that his Father was there all along, helping him carry his burdens.

His Hand Beneath Mine

A baby is born and continues to learn and grow,
He tries to walk on his own but the progress is slow.
He tries again and again but he keeps falling,
But he just keeps trying and his determination is darling.

His father is there to catch him any time he may fall,
And he will be there to answer the boy’s call.
The child grows into an adult who keeps making progress,
But he still tries to do everything himself in the process.

He stumbles and falls many times as he tries to carry his burdens alone
Because he thinks that his worries and cares are to everyone unknown.
He gets to a point when he can’t get up off the floor,
So he cries out to his Heavenly Father as his heart is sore.

He asks His Father why he hasn’t felt his embrace
As he has fallen many times on his face.
He hears a whisper telling him that he was never on his own,
Even if he felt like he was carrying his burdens all alone.

He looks back on his life as he realizes he was wrong
And he sees that his Father has been there for him all along.
When his burdens felt too heavy for him to bear,
His Father had eased the weight as he had been there.

The Takeaway

We may think that we are carrying the weight of our burdens alone. But we are never alone. We need to trust that our Heavenly Father is there beside us to help us carry our heavy load. We can find true peace when we surrender to Him and let go of things we can’t control.

Watch the YouTube short here:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aVxrCFefhvI

Have you ever tried to carry a burden on your own, only to realize you needed to turn to God for help? Have you ever looked back on a difficult time and realized that God was helping you even when you didn’t recognize it at the time?

Not Without Pain, But Without Stain

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026 / Christine Maynor / 1 Comment

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Backstory

This quote really resonated with me and made me ponder the meaning. “God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.” – C.S. Lewis We all go through hard trials in this life. I have always believed that our Heavenly Father is with us through those difficult times. That doesn’t mean that our trials won’t hurt us but they don’t have to leave a stain on our souls if we trust in our Heavenly Father to help us through them.

Not Without Pain, But Without Stain

We all have difficult times during our lives on this earth,
That’s been part of the plan since before our birth.
Some days our hearts might break from the pain we endure,
But we are never alone, of that we can be sure.

Our Heavenly Father will be beside us through it all,
Even when we feel weak, He will catch us when we fall.
We can be sure that He will arm us with His power,
So we can make it through the battle, hour by hour.

That doesn’t mean on our daily journey that we won’t feel pain,
But He will help our hearts heal so there won’t be a stain.
Our Father in Heaven loves us each very much,
And when we kneel before Him in prayer, we can feel His loving touch.

Our Father has a plan for each one of us that we cannot see,
But just knowing that He will be beside us is the key.
We are never alone on our journey down the road,
For our Father will help us carry our heavy load.

Yes, we all have trials that can break our hearts wide open,
And some days we might feel like we are broken.
But we are not meant to go through this life alone
Because our Father in Heaven will help us feel known.

Watch my YouTube short of me reading part of this poem here:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mAxUB6z8_wY

A Place for Training and Correction

August 10, 2026 / Christine Maynor / Leave a comment

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My Daily Musings-August 10th, 2026

“If you think of this world as a place simply intended for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place for training and correction and it’s not so bad.” C.S. Lewis

It is true that we can find happiness in this world, and that is always a good thing. It’s important to do things that make us happy. But I think we were sent to this world to be tested and tried. So if we have that mindset, we are supposed to learn from our experiences, our lives will have more meaning and purpose.

I listened to an episode of the new podcast, Like a Rock. The conversation was that humans learn things by trial and error. A lot of people forget about the error part. We are not perfect and we don’t do things perfectly all the time. We have a perfection mentality sometimes that we can’t be happy unless things turn out perfectly. That’s not realistic, because in this fallen world, things aren’t perfect. We will fail occasionally, and that’s how we learn.

What is something you learned from a mistake or failure? Do you find it easier to handle trials when you see them as opportunities to learn?

Trusting God with the Next Page

August 3, 2026 / Christine Maynor / Leave a comment

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My Daily Musings-August 3rd, 2026

I really agree with this quote I saw on Facebook that says, “Life is like a book. Some chapters are sad, some are happy, and some are exciting. But if you never turn the page, you will never know what the next chapter has in store for you.”

As an avid reader, I love this metaphor because it is very applicable to our lives. When we are going through hard trials, we may be afraid of what is coming next. But we just have to trust in our Heavenly Father, turn the page, and find out.

Even though we don’t know what will happen next in our lives, we can still enjoy the present and look forward with faith in the future. When we are reading a book for the first time, we don’t know what is going to happen next. Even if we are afraid of what comes next, we still need to turn the page to find out.

I write a lot on here about this topic of having faith and trusting in our Heavenly Father because it’s a daily struggle for a lot of us. Even if we have strong faith one day, the next day might bring challenges we aren’t expecting and our faith may waver that day. We have to keep having faith every day, no matter what happens in our lives.

Have you ever looked back and realized that a difficult chapter in your life prepared you for something better? What helps you keep turning the page with faith when you don’t know what the next chapter will bring?