Mary’s Song
Sweet Mother Mary– Labored Life for all the world, Rose daughter to Son. My name is Mary. Not yet fifteen, I’ve given birth to my firstborn son. Though there will be others, no doubt, there can never again be a firstborn. Joseph–he’s a good husband. He works…
A Place at the Manger
What can I give Him, poor as I am?– If I were a Shepherd, I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise Man I would do my part,– Yet, what can I give Him, — Give my heart. (From Christina Rossetti’s In the Bleak…
Born In Our Hearts–Adoption and Advent
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in…
And It Was Beautiful!
“Suffering is not the absence of goodness, it is not the absence of beauty, but perhaps it can be the place where true beauty can be known…” ~~ Kara Tippetts in Dear Brittany Today I’m thinking about my courageous warrior friend, the late Kara Tippetts,…
God Knows–I Ain’t Doing It!
“And [the LORD] said to me, ‘Son of man, can these old bones live?’ So I answered, ‘O LORD God, You know’.” (Ezekiel 37:3–NKJV) On Halloween, my husband and I took a walk. At the end of our road, I saw something that had gone…
Vision Therapy
“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful truths in Your [Word]” (Psalm 119:18–NIV). Some time ago, I was told about something that gave me hope where I’d felt somewhat despairing–and, of all places, it was offered during my most recent mammogram. It was near…
DUST
“… for He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust” (Psalm 103:14—NIV). With the recent passing of my husband Bill’s grandmother Ruby Farley at the age of ninety, we’re reminded that each of us—no matter how sweet, successful, happy or seemingly…
Dancing with Butterflies
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed (John 8:36–NIV). On Saturday, my parents proudly showed us their latest project–a monarch butterfly habitat where several chrysalides already hung from the wire roof and one monarch, having emerged the day before, pumped…
50–A Year of Jubilee!
Consecrate the 50th year and proclaim liberty throughout the land… It shall be a jubilee for you… The 50th year shall be a jubilee for you… For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you… (From Leviticus 25:10-12). Two things I’ve learned…
How?
“… to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve… to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair… (from Isaiah 61:2b, 3). How?…