Blessed to be abreast!
Despite wearing my green skirt and green flowered headband, I still got the annual “pink pinch” (actually, more of a SQUEEZE!). Because my maternal grandma had breast cancer and because my risks are slightly higher due to never having had biological children and because I now take hormone replacement, I’m “pinched” yearly. After all, early […]
The little things…
Ian Miller meticulously lined up his Matchbox cars. Jacob Miller made everyone laugh with his funny “paci” tricks. But this, my friends, they NEVER did. All the Barbie bathing beauties, freshly washed, tucked in for the night. This Girl!
I Believe
Driving my daughter to school the other day, my mind drifted to circumstances over which I have no control. Anxiety set in, and I began to fret as I traveled the winding road, ignoring the picture of Jesus I keep on my dash. Instead, I worried — “I wonder about…” “I wonder if…” “I wonder […]
Lamb Light
“The City doesn’t need sun or moon for light. God’s Glory is its light, the Lamb its lamp” (Rev. 21:23 – The Message)! Well past midnight on Christmas Eve, we made our way to the barn and to the pasture beyond. No celestial orb lit the way. No stars could be seen. We walked through mist, […]
All Is Well
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 — NIV). Each spring I’m surprised at how quickly lilies of the valley and lilacs come and go, having hoped for them much of winter, believing they’d appear, only to blink and find them gone. There’s a tinge of […]
Bloom Where You’re Planted
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?” (Deut. 10:12, 13 — NIV) Recently I transplanted […]
Surrender
Is it just me, or does anyone else ever SEE themselves in the characters of the Bible? Though I desire to be most like Jesus, I relate best to Sarah and Abraham. Like them, I’ve laughed in my doubting and even jumped ahead of God’s timing — taking matters into my own hands when I […]
Family Tree
My dad’s side of the family keeps an on-going chain letter, which my parents are faithful to — receiving it, reading it, and adding their latest news. Then they send it on and wait. From it, they learn so much about family members spread coast to coast — in shared blessings, as well as hardships. […]
Remind Him
12 But you promised me, ‘I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore—too many to count’” (Gen. 32:12). Have you ever reminded God of His promises? Jacob did so when preparing to face his brother Esau. Fearing for his life and the lives […]
Misunderstood
Confession: I hate being misunderstood. My need to be understood has, at times, driven me to over-explain, blame others, and yes — even lie in self-defense (which isn’t being “understood” but falsely justified). Mostly, it has certainly driven others crazy! (Ask my husband!) In the reading from Genesis (39:7-20) today, I find myself wondering, Did Joseph […]