Grief is the Price of Love
If today your grief seems more than you can bear, know that it won't always be this hard, but lessen. Grief is the price of love.
What is Your Word for the Year?
Are you using your time the way you think you should?
The Presence of Absence
One day, though, the sun will peek through just as the fog was dispelled on my early morning walk last week.
Love Hurts–But It’s Worth It
They said goodbye here on Earth but this is not the end, but the beginning of eternity for Chuck. We'll see him later--on the other side.
I Will Trust
There have been many times that I've been afraid in my life. As a young child, the fears were different, though no less great than my adult fears. As a youngster, I was terribly afraid of the dark.
Two Weeks Later
Are you ever wordless? Have you ever been so excited, you couldn't say a word? I have. What about the women--who were the first to go to the tomb of Jesus--and discovered the stone was rolled away and the tomb empty? Sometimes we forget what we're celebrating. Don't we often take Easter for granted? We [...]
Sometimes We Need to Sit Still
Stunning news. It was six years ago I received stunning news. Just five weeks before our wedding, my fiancé called--not-face-to-face--mind you, and told me the wedding was off. I needed to be alone and think. I was shocked to my core. I took off that Easter weekend, not wishing to hang around and pretend things [...]
The Unbeginning End
I've been contemplating that title for weeks now and still cannot take it in. Unbeginning End. He is so much bigger than our finite minds can imagine. I've been focusing on the character of God the past few months and the above mentioned title keeps arresting my thoughts. He is so much bigger than our [...]
Lessons in Contentment
I'm sitting here in a recliner with my feet propped up at or above my heart. I had some minor toe (hammertoe, if you are curious) surgery on each foot yesterday. I had instructions to keep both feet up above my heart for two days, then hip level for two days, and then I'm free [...]
Extravagant Gifts From the Sky
We've been gifted In the past five months, we've been gifted with some extravagant gifts from the sky. The first was the Solar Eclipse in August. Although we only saw 90% of the total eclipse, it was amazing. In a few moments, the warm summer sun turned into a cool evening twilight. The birds stopped [...]