Crops have a cycle… don’t they, Lord? We’re getting ready to plant our garden. Some corn, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash. Nothing major… just, we hope, delicious. We’re starting a month earlier than last year, but already we’re thinking we’re… behind. The rain these last two days has set us back yet again. We have to …
One of my dear clients made an “offhand” remark two weeks ago. She wanted to find a Bible study to help her stay focused on Your Word, Lord, during the summer months (since her study of choice — Community Bible Study — was about to take its summer break). She said it almost in passing, as an …
Lord, Lord, Lord… Sometimes it seems You just set Your heart on blowing my mind and leaving me breathless — sending me head-over-heels with awe, wonder, sheer delight and heart-pumping JOY! And, yes… that’s an UNDERSTATEMENT!!!! 🙂 We headed out on our eight-mile bike ride today. Suddenly, for the briefest instant, this thought came into …
IF??? Hardly. It’s more like WHEN and HOW Nature talks… isn’t it, Lord? Like today. We went on our soon-to-be daily eight-mile bicycle ride along the Blue Ridge Turnpike. The name doesn’t really fit the road. “Turnpike” suggests a sterile asphalt highway with wall-to-wall cars, all traveling at warp speed. Our local “turnpike” is more …
We often say (and believe) that actions speak louder than words. Maybe, in a way, this assertion also validates research studies claiming that nonverbal “cues” make up most (60-90%) of our communication. Today, I could have cared less about studies. I was looking at the evidence… up close and personal. Our waitress was young… perhaps in her …
Precious Lord! You did it again today… You pulled another “WOW-ie” on me! Even in the last few days, I quoted once again that favorite analogy You planted deep in my spirit long, long ago. Shortly after the turn of the millennium — around the year 2002? It was spoken by my former pastor, and its words …
You never cease to amaze me, Lord!!! Everything You do, every detail You attend to, is part of a larger Work of Art. Before You, I chalked up so much of what happened in my life to “blind luck” or “coincidence.” Then, You gave me eyes to “see” Your Unseen Hand… and You have been …
Sometimes I wonder. More often than not, by Your Amazing Grace, I just know. Like the other day. I heard the enemy’s whispers. He’s always trying to sow doubt and discouragement, so he can reap a harvest of disappointment and disobedience. He has some favorite one-liners: “No one cares.” “It doesn’t matter.” “it won’t make any …
JOY!!! JOY of the “cup running over” and circumstance-defying kind!!! The online dictionary “Merriam-Webster.com/definition/joy” defines JOY as “the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or, by the prospect of possessing what one desires.” Like the JOY of our certain, forever-future with You, Lord! JOY that is certain because of the price You paid, Lord, …
Thinking. Feeling. Seeking. Knowing. Finding. Freeing. Wanting. Willing. Waiting. Being. Sleeping. Dreaming. Waking. Walking. Asking. Begging. Giving. Getting. Living. Loving.. Yearning… Yours. “I will praise You, Lord, with all my heart;.. I will bow down toward Your holy temple and will praise Your name for Your unfailing love and Your faithfulness…When I called, You …