Gems to Ponder
We can take courage from these verses--those gems from the past.
Don’t Be Afraid
I heard the roar of the waves.... I've always been a scaredy cat though you might not know that about me. I remember the first time I saw the Pacific Ocean and we walked along the beach. Four years old, our family moved to Portland from the Midwest where there are no beaches or ocean. [...]
Tomorrow Comes the Song
You can hope for tomorrow, when you will enjoy the song. Whether your loss is divorce. Death. Terminal illness. Chronic illness. Loss of a job. It hurts. Badly. Unendingly. But tomorrow....comes the song.
Would You Like to Meet for Coffee?
I’d been corresponding with a man on a matching site. I hoped we might meet one day. Next day, I received a phone call. This guy named Jim asked if we could meet for coffee…… I was a bit late as I drove into the crowded parking lot. Meeting someone for the first time is [...]
Wear My Peace
I've learned that to Wear My Peace in the good and bad times is better, though not always easy.
Super Bowl
I'm getting better. Learning how to live without both of those special men. Learning how to live a new normal. But Super Bowl always brings me back to those sad memories.
Three Hundred and Fifty Nine Days
This week and next, we're on a trip, celebrating our first anniversary. It's so hard to believe it has been nearly a year, but it is. Just this morning, Jim suggested for our devotions we have each morning, to read a verse. He picked it. Guess what it was? Yes! It was the above verse!!
New Way To Think
My loving God nearer to me than any family member. Any friend. He's there when I'm awake at 3:00 am in the morning. Though He is unseen, I know He is there. Sad with me. Weeping with me. Joyful with me. Life is full of "distress", yet He is there. That's all we need to know.
Trust
Another reminder, yet again. My hope is in God, maker of heaven and earth. It is in He I put my trust. And that is enough.
God’s Sovereign Grace
Thursday, June 21, 2012 Looking back at an old journal, I see angst. You see, from the date, I realize I was a new widow. The first time. It was three weeks after my husband Bill died, and I found out I had no job for the next school year. They were closing the school [...]