I have been reading the book of Daniel lately. Fascinating stuff! Even if you are not a history buff, you have probably heard the basic Sunday-school stories, often told with Daniel as the hero and main character of the stories, and the “lesson” of most of them being: If you Read more…
Amidst the ‘occupant’ mail and the grocery sale ads sometimes there will be a handwritten envelope, formally addressed, sometimes with a fancy seal…I know what it is. An invitation! Even if I am expecting it, the embossed folder within is still welcome! I love to be remembered, and am honored Read more…
Apart from our standing with God through Jesus Christ, our future is always uncertain. These days that’s a little more apparent than usual. The financial world, governments, corporations, neighborhoods are all shaking in the face of an adversary too tiny to be seen with even a powerful microscope! Fear has Read more…
This day has been a pain in the back. Literally. I have been sitting with a sock of heated beans against my lower back all morning. I don’t know what I did to it; I just know it hurts to bend, reach, stretch and, worst of all, walk! Actually, there Read more…
“Let it be to me according to your word…” — Luke 1:38 Christmas is only a few weeks away! That means this is Advent! If you are in a liturgical church, the folks and the furniture up front are draped in purple. If not, you may not even be aware Read more…
I do not occupy myself with thing too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother… Psalm 131:1b-2a I hate not being listened to. I resent not being asked for my input, especially when it comes to Read more…
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 When someone asks me what I do, I don’t know how to answer. It depends on the week, on the day, on the time of day… I tried to get Read more…
If I had received the affirmation from my parents that I desired, if I had garnered the attention of young men I longed for, had heard the accolades I dreamed of from or found the acceptance I looked for… I do not know what might have been. It no longer Read more…
Temperatures in my neck of the woods have finally dropped low enough to think about sitting outside on the porch for breakfast or quiet time. The patio table has sported its pretty cover all summer long undisturbed, collecting fine dirt and dust, the accumulation of six months of lawn mowing, Read more…
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be yours as well. –Matthew 6:33 Nothing allows my old nature to rear its ugly head like lack of sleep. The last few days, my husband has experienced unrelenting pain — the kind that only lets him Read more…