When Living With Eyes and Ears Wide Open Hurts
“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your [Word]” (Psalm 119:18–NIV). I’ve prayed this often, adding– Oh, and Lord–open my ears, too. And while You’re at it, open them not just to Your Word but also to Your created world. Thank You!…
For All Those Experiencing Hot Flashes and Other Imperfections of Life
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter…
Tis the End of the Season
My heart’s been heavy. Even looking at the cheerful rainbow lights of our pre-lit tree has only brought unsettled emotions. Are they the sneers of inadequacy–hearing the snide inner voice telling me it’s high time to take it down, for cryin’ out loud. I know,…
A Tribute to Mia
Because we’ve just entered the new year of a new decade, we’ve been thinking a lot about some of those 4-legged “loved ones” we said goodbye to within the last ten years. This sweet girl went to sleep in early 2013, and we still miss…
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…
The Lesson of Leaves
We’d waited… And waited. Then, just like that–the pop of western North Carolina color. Suddenly, the mountains were awash in watercolor beauty. We walked–talking some, laughing. Mostly, the sound of leaves under our feet was heard, and we enjoyed the beauty above us that we…
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…