Let’s be honest. Sometimes life can overwhelm us. Unsettling world events, frightening economic times, unexpected conflicts, the abandonment of truth and emerging disdain for God’s Word and His people can leave us feeling … well, discouraged. And that troubles us. For some reason we equate that feeling with spiritual inadequacy. But is it? The Bible […]
Read MoreThe Empty Nest
Over the spring, a female wren decided to make her nest in one of the fuchsia baskets I hung under the eaves of the garage. The nature of this breed is such that the male prepares several nesting sites and offers the female her choice of location. This momma chose well. Surrounded with the shade […]
Read MoreThe Messenger
She was 23 and disabled from birth. Though you could see the outward trappings, she was anything but handicapped in her spirit. Most of her hair was gone and her body was bloated. She wore hearing aids and oxygen was attached to the wheelchair lovingly guided by her mother. A sweet, innocent spirit radiated from […]
Read MoreA True Image
It’s a periodic event for churches across the land ~ the scheduling of a photo session for pictorial directories. A few years back the church I attend scheduled a photographer for just such an undertaking and my husband and I participated. Photos are usually dreaded by most people because, if we’re honest, they wound our […]
Read MoreWhen Time Stops
As is true in most communities across the nation, our town was built around crossroads connecting north and south with east and west. Certainly the landscape has changed from its early founding, as historic pictures reveal. Days of dirt roads, horse-drawn wagons and simple stores where folks came for goods to supplement their agricultural […]
Read MoreLeashed to the Master
Walks are among his favorite things. Posing the question and rattling the keys is all it takes to get an energetic and enthusiastic response from my little dog. He’ll beat me to the door, the gate and the car in anticipation of what is to come, eagerly watching out the window for his first glimpse […]
Read MoreSeeing the Cross
The whisper of God can come to us in unexpected moments of ordinary living. That still, small voice that touches the soul with His inaudible breath. I never cease to be amazed by those times. I had been a buyer for a gift shop and occasionally brought home catalogs to review them in the evening […]
Read MoreThe Cup
The painting captivated me the moment I laid eyes on it that spring day over forty years ago. It was the central focus in the window of a small art gallery; a testimony without words ~ quiet, powerful and passionate. It was scripture on canvass; Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. There was something about […]
Read MoreLonging to Be Heard
Every step was an effort, every attempt to grasp the smallest object a struggle and every desire to form words a desperate cry. The simplest movements and conversation of the able-bodied are monumental tasks for those born with cerebral palsy. One such person graced my path some time ago and I will never forget him. […]
Read MoreGood Cheer
If you were permitted to write the script of your life, how would your story read? Would it be filled with romance and adventure? Would you seek to be a person of fame, wealth and influence or choose a quiet, simple life? Whatever your vision, most likely your days would be marked by prosperity and […]
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