Fear Not, For He Knows Every Hair on My Head
When I am afraid, I will trust in You (Psalm 56:3). Though voted “Best Hair” his senior year of high school, Bill began losing his the moment he started college. Thus, he resorted to shaving his head some years later, a look that is quite…
Thank You for ‘This Life We Share’!
Our lives on this planet are beautifully and intricately interconnected. God never intended his children to navigate the journey alone. May others experience his love through us.~~From Maggie Wallem Rowe’s This Life We Share. How could I have known that, by attending a small group session on creative writing,…
An Open Letter to the House Finch
To Whom It May Concern: Why? Why, I ask, do you continue, year after year, to build nests in all four of my front porch ferns? I earnestly beseech thee. Truth is, I have trouble with this; thus, I’m writing to you today to address…
When We Don’t Know
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have…
Lunge for Him
And a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her flow of…
Now I Lay My…
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you (I Peter 5:7–NIV). No–the title isn’t a typo, though I know what many might be thinking. Shouldn’t it be ‘Now I lay ME…’–as in the opening line of Joseph Addison’s famous prayer written in 1711? Now…
Just to Be Sure of You
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust” (Psalms 90:1, 2–NIV). Stirring in the night, I searched the bed with my…
Every Shell Has a Story
I have this little drawer that, to me, is a treasure chest. Opening it, one will find a plethora of seashells in a variety of sizes and shapes and colors. No two are, in fact, alike, and no living thing remains–though each one once held…
His Umbrella Over Me Is Love
“… His banner over me is love” (Song of Songs 2:4b–NIV). The other day, my dear husband purchased something for me. It was a dreary, wet and rainy western North Carolina day–the sort that makes me grumble, “It’s February. Shouldn’t it be snowing instead?” Dodging raindrops…
Daisy the Circus Dog (Part 2)
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His love endures forever (Psalm 136:1–NIV). Just a couple months prior to Dad Denny’s passing, I asked him a question concerning the goodness of God–wondering how to rectify all the ugly, seemingly bad and broken in…