Though the calendar has flipped its pages to September I still feel the pulsing beat of summer days. The splashing frogs, the brilliancy of the sunlit sky and the flashing of darting dragonflies all belies the onset of autumn days. Read more…
I feel a camaraderie of spirit with Jeremiah as I read through the messages he spoke for the Lord. These messages found in the book of Jeremiah are full of grief and woe. Trials being turned into triumph was a Read more…
We wait in line at the grocery store, the bank, and the doctor’s office. The line on the Interstate during rush hour is another long wait as we inch toward our destination. We groan as we see the long line Read more…
The trip was long. Monotonous landscape stretched out before me. Heat shimmered off the pavement and the glaring sun was relentless. When the trip started I was alert and ready for this day of traveling. Yet as the wheels whirled Read more…
As we prepared to take to the mountain trail, we each had a backpack filled with what we thought was needful for the trip. Water, food, fishing poles, toilet paper, journal and more. My daughter shifted her pack and mentioned Read more…
It was an unexpected, sharp pain that interrupted the summer evening at the fair. The smells of the funnel cakes, the noise of the livestock and the laughter of the crowd faded into the background as the pain pushed its Read more…
We take comfort in the presence of our loved one. When we are going through a problem just knowing someone is there for us and has our back so to speak is immensely reassuring. They may not give answers to Read more…
Life seems to have a way of bringing stresses and worry in our lives. Situations that we cannot understand or problems we haven’t figured out will take a toll in our lives and joy tends to become extinct. Especially if Read more…
For twelve years she was the joy of their life. It was for twelve years the sparkling eyes and girlish laughter brought sunshine to their home. The baby firsts were celebrated. The childish wonder was captivating and the reality of Read more…
I caught a glimpse of you todaybehind the walls of your captivity. The mental fog you wander inwas pushed away to let me in. It was just a smile and laughter, tooThat took me back a year or two. The Read more…