I witnessed a miracle today, Lord. My tears of joy made a puddle around me. The Miracle of Father-Daughter love. Or was it Daughter-Father love? It was both. They were estranged almost their whole lives. Because the father had mistreated the daughter. Big Time. Such mistreatment at such tender ages yields such bitterness. And estrangement...
We were scheduled to meet today. Me... and a sister-in-Christ who is precious to me. Scheduled... until last night. I received an email suggesting we postpone for a month. For a reason that concerned her heart... but not mine. I responded immediately, sharing my heart with her. My willingness -- no, my eagerness -- to proceed as planned....
Today's ZOOM meeting -- the one I was hosting -- had to be cancelled. At the very last minute. It was no surprise to You, Lord. But it was to me. Our satellite Internet at home on the mountain won't support that technology. I had made arrangements to use the conference room of a business...
"You are the only one who has come." My neighbor was crying when she said this. Crying as I held her in my arms. I couldn't believe my ears. My neighbor has lots of family and friends. She is active on Facebook and had recently revealed the source of her pain. Her father is dying. Her...
One day they weren't here. The next day, we were inundated. Japanese Beetles. Swarming over our tender pole bean leaves. Turning them into delicate lace petals rather than the robust chlorophyll producers they are meant to be. Enter the Japanese Beetle Trap. The good news is... this trap does a GREAT job of attracting Japanese Beetles. The bad news...
It started in my bedroom closet, when I got dressed for church yesterday morning. What would I wear? My eyes moved to an outfit I hadn't worn in quite some time. It felt "right" somehow. So I put it on. After church, we stopped at our "local" grocery store, eleven miles away. We needed some provisions. It...
PLAN A would have doubled our gain... and our pain. Friday, we went on our longest bicycle ride ever: 35.5 miles in 5.5 hours! The scenery was spectacular! The challenge was adventuresome! But... I wasn't sure we were going to make it. I was beginning to think we might not. I must say, Lord... It gave me a...
What were we thinking, Lord??? A gravel path. Full of mud holes. Bumpy and squishy. An isolated path... next to the C & O Canal. Sun-speckled trees. The mighty Potomac River with dangerous currents. Eighty-foot dropoffs, straight down. Sore butts. Sore thighs. Sore shoulders. Sore backs. Sore feet. And no wonder! How else would our...
Will I ever see a Red Sea split in two, Lord? Or any other jaw-dropping, spine-tingling, reason-defying Miracle of that magnitude? You're the only One who knows The Answer to that question, Lord. And what if I never did? Would it lessen the certainty of what I know? "Now faith is confidence in what we hope...
No deep meditation today, Lord. No funny encounters with critters in Creation. Nothing but LOVE... for You. I fell asleep last night with the noise of the empty world bombarding me. I woke up today in that Sweet Spot of Silence that is full-to-overflowing with You. You are my Breath of Life. My Forever Hope....
