Turn Around

I have a route that I take on my morning walks. Out of habit I turn right at the end of my sidewalk and continue turning right until I am back where I started. I’ve been making this trek four or five days a week for several months. Today, I turned left. Midway into my walk I [...]

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Do the Next Thing

Yesterday I went to dinner with my son. I must confess that it was a spur of the moment decision motivated more by laziness than relationship. I didn’t feel like doing kitchen duty. Nevertheless, the end result was that relationship was nurtured and my hope in the future was fueled. I’ve always believed that God uses circumstances [...]

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Me, My, I: the Center of Sin

Anger’s tentales were wrapping themselves around my heart. I was indignant. How could a whole school community sit in silence while a revengeful, hateful minority attacked my husband’s name and demanded his resignation. This was not right. The changes he made that ignited this fire were good for the school, if not for this small [...]

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Sitting in the Light of God’s Love

Seven days of rain and grey skies – evening is imminent, but the day refuses to bid the world farewell without first a promise of sunny skies. The early evening sun sneaks in to the southern window where my comfy easy chair (n. a large, comfortable, well-upholstered chair) sits. The angle of the sun and [...]

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My 23rd Psalm

April 4 As a little girl, I went to church with my family. On Sundays and Wednesdays and sometimes in between for Bible School and revival meetings, we were there together. It was there that I participated in a Bible memory program. The first block of verses that every participant learned was the 23rd Psalm. [...]

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Perfect Peace

A desperate need to control settled over me, threatening my peace. I had been reading Donald Miller’s book, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years”. If you haven’t read it, do. It challenges the reader to be an active participant in God’s story and to play the part He has assigned us. I was energized [...]

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Olivia’s Love

There it was. In big pink letters on the screen. “I love you.”  The crooked, computer mouse written words were written by a little girl who still believes that there is an abundance of love and it is meant to be freely given. Olivia loves me! I’ve done little to deserve her love. Some would argue that she doesn’t truly know what [...]

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Of Cats and Contentment

Today deserved better from me. The sky was blue. Birds were singing and flowers were blooming. The day offered sunshine and cheer and I was wrapped in a shroud of uneasiness and unfounded sadness, until Danny opened my eyes. “Who is Danny and what did he say to change your day?” you ask. Danny is our [...]

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Irritation or Opportunity

What does one do when a well planned day goes berserk? Today is  attempting to claim to be “one of those days”. You see, my job is dependent upon a healthy computer. At the moment it is sick. It has a virus. No. According to the Spyware Doctor it has several viruses. The doctor was quite amiable [...]

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