Recipe for Turning Grumbles to Gratitude!
Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good (Psalm 106:1a NRSV). What should have been a lovely autumn morning began with grumbles. Trying to get out the door for a family outing to Sky Top Apple Orchard, I quickly swept…
Trust Me!
(***Read to the end for a special announcement.***) “Then God said, “Take your son… whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you” (Genesis 22:2 NIV). “All I want for Christmas is a…
Full-Circle Moments
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV). Lately, I’ve been pondering full-circle moments, as I see each as an opportunity to acknowledge, despite all life’s twists and turns, that we’re right where God intended, rooted in…
I Love Jesus, But…
Yesterday as I drove our daughter to school in fog thick as pea soup, someone zoomed past me. A bit startled (he came out of nowhere), I looked to my left just in time to see a small white truck barreling down the two-lane road,…
Broken Crayons
“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise” (Psalm 51:17 NIV). ***Today is the one year anniversary of the Abbey Gate tragedy in Kabul. We will not forget.*** ******* My little friend sat at the…
A Letter to a Bride and Groom
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face…” (I Corinthians 13:12a ESV). Dear Ones, You’re preparing to spend the rest of your lives together. Wedding plans are coming along, though I know. I remember. All those last minute details. All…
Reflections on 33 Years of Marriage
“Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days” (Ecclesiastes 11:1 ESV). Marriage. That day a couple says, “I do”–it’s like stepping out in faith to walk on water, is it not? Promising to love… In sickness and in health,…
Home
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever” (Isaiah 40:8 NIV). I knew I had the photograph somewhere, so I breathed a prayer—“Help me find it, Lord.” Not sure why it was so important, but it was. *******…
A Covering of His Love–Part 2
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose”(Romans 8:28 NIV). The special blanket spread out upon our bed is like a covering of our grandmothers’ love. Though each…
A Covering of His Love–Part 1
“Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord…” (II Chronicles 27:1-2a NIV). About this time last year, I was on a…