Making time for God in your life
Sometimes the answers to our prayers come in ways we don’t expect. Sometimes those answers can be downright painful. One such answer is the rain that has flooded Texas. The loss of life has been heartbreaking. The damage and loss Continue reading Uncomfortable answers to prayer
I have seen that family position influences a child’s language development in amazing ways. Firstborn have only adult language to learn from and so they tend to have advanced vocabularies. It is one of the reasons they may seem to Continue reading I chuckle every time
The celebration of Mother’s Day in my life is very different now. When my sons were young, it meant church in the morning followed by lunch, usually with friends. There was a group who lunched together most weeks after service. Continue reading Reflections on Mother’s Day
I believe that God’s grace is sufficient for me at all times for all circumstances. I believe that I will see the goodness of God in the land of the living, that His promises to me are not just for Continue reading I believe
I had convinced myself that I knew how God was going to fix a current problem in my life. The answer would have come this past week. It didn’t come the way I thought it would; indeed, it hasn’t been Continue reading Back to basics in The Cleft for Life
I don’t want to use the same word in my blog title again so quickly. If I had, it would have been “struggling.” That’s what I am doing this weekend, struggling. I am struggling with the news that my mother Continue reading Facing the future
I woke up from a dream Friday morning that was not pleasant. I dreamed that a friend from a past church had been kidnapped and was found dead. I had finished the story before I awoke, but was disturbed that Continue reading Struggling with a new direction
One of my best friends and prayer partner was very ill this winter. She developed trouble breathing and had cough and shortness of breath. She is a former smoker for 27 years. She was diagnosed with COPD by an internal Continue reading Faithful God heals my friend
I learned a great lesson about generosity as young woman. My then-husband and I were on vacation, our first after he graduated college and we were both employed full time. It was the late 70s. We had traveled to Williamsburg, Continue reading I choose to be generous
So today is the first day in nearly 4 weeks that I actually felt well when I woke up. I’ve missed Easter at church and my friends there. Except for one 24-hour period Palm Sunday weekend, I have been just Continue reading Turning a corner
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