Psalm 27:13 New American Standard Bible “I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Hope that life here on earth will be better as God’s will is worked toward completion provides...
Deep or wide…… I have transported glass enough over the years to know first hand that it should be borne in a vertical position, resting upright on its thin edge and braced against shifting rather than spread out lying down flat. As safe as that horizontal...
satan always blinds your mind to the facts and consequences of your circumstances AT THE MOMENT….. Rev. Charles Stanley (From a January 13, 2019 sermon on the prodigal son) living in the moment….. the next step after such a life will always be downward....
From Diane Langberg, PhD “Our response to another’s vulnerability tells about us and only us. What comes “out of us” in the face of vulnerability was there all the time. The vulnerability of the other has merely exposed the truth about ourselves.” If...
From my reflections on 1/15/2017: “Few things are as satisfying as coming to the end of a day and having the sense that it has been a rare day in which life has been lived well. One of the joys of growing older is that, if one is living with intentionality to...
From January 15, 2019: Seen, post- Hurricane Michael: Hanging on the back of a debris hauler…….ha ha. The energizer bunny? Or signaling that we’ll still be dealing with the trash til Easter? (Maybe he’s holding the Easter Bunny hostage and we...
Could we, as Christians, strive to be biblical instead of always deferring to culture in our use of language? The culture exalts the physical and its reference to the triadic nature of mankind reflects the culture’s priority- body, mind, and spirit. 1...
Small luxuries…. 42 years ago I had purchased flannel sheets, two queen sets- one pink and one blue for our children’s beds- and a soft gold colored king set for our bed. We had bought a 1920’s frame home in an historic district of Montgomery, AL and...
What in my demeanor or conversation or stated and lived beliefs would ever give anyone the idea that I would continue to give aid and comfort to someone living a double life of deception, keeping secrets, and being unaccountable to others and ungrateful to God for the...
We didn’t get to visit with our Birmingham children over Christmas, but yesterday, a package arrived from our daughter. In it was a lovely “Stitches and Petals” necklace. It is a hand stitched flower on fabric mounted in a silver charm on a neck...
