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....
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...
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...
For the first time ever, we went over our data limit for our satellite Internet. Burning through 15 GB like a wildfire out of control. Come to think of it, maybe that's a good description of a houseful of grandkids -- A Wildfire Out of Control! :) We've had a wonderful time, Lord! AND...
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...
The soft weight of the blanket of sleep that pinned me down last night... before I ever got the chance to blog. The hard weight of the once-in-a-lifetime feat I had accomplished -- survived?! -- just the day before. The spreading of gravel -- by hand, with rake and shovel -- on our badly-eroded mountain driveway. 10,000 TONS of gravel......
You have chosen some amazing ways to speak to humanity, Lord. A burning bush that was not consumed. A fleece made wet with dew, while the surrounding ground was dry. A talking donkey. An entire sea parting to deliver Your people from certain death. Yesterday, You spoke to me in a much less dramatic --...
Thanks to You, Lord, we saved a life today! But only -- only -- because You sent us to the Right Place at the Right Time! We have resumed our favorite bicycle ride near our house here. A scenic ride along a beautiful river. A narrow, tree-lined road without much traffic. We cover the eight-plus...
By Your Grace, Lord, I have lived in many places over the years. Very different kinds of places. Big cities. Small towns. And now? The Boonies. :) Where, today, Your Blessings have filled me to overflowing! Waking up to the sound of steady rainfall. Unhindered by man-made sounds of any kind. Vegetable seedlings poking up...
