A Song with Hope and Promise
When I heard the song, it took me back.
When I heard the song, it took me back.
Whenever I see my writing in print, I get excited. It's a banner day when I see my words in print with my byline next to it. I flipped through the five or so pages of the brochure. There it was, right on the front page. "God Cancels a Wedding and Supplies a Husband, their title for the article. I'd called it, "Two Amazing Prayers."
It feels to me as though our whole world is pining for truth and justice and an end to strife. We're not there yet, and won't be until Jesus comes again. In the meantime, this Christmas season brings us hope and a glimpse of what's to come.
It’s a different situation and time, but I have to reflect on brave words I’ve said in public.
This was the tallest rock I had ever tried to rappel off, the double rope heavy in my hands. But I was ready to go.
I've had many happy and exciting moments in my life. Falling in love. Getting married. Having three wonderful children, one in heaven. I've climbed mountains, scrambled up rock faces. Crossed the Columbia River Bar and fished in the ocean. Flown in small airplanes with my late husband and son. Snorkeled in the Coral Sea, jumped waves in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans, to name just a few of my adventures...
More than Jim loves me, loves his family, loves his God, there is a greater love...
The first time I read that passage, I was in a tough place in my first marriage.
Grab on to the anchor. It is trustworthy. It keeps you snugged up to the "trustworthy anchor for our souls."
There will be toasts to the bride and groom. Gifts given. And a hearty farewell as the bride and groom escape to their honeymoon and begin their life together.