Last night, I was relishing The Unexpected... because You, Lord, had done it! And I was overjoyed! Tonight, I was regretting The Unexpected... because my loved one had done it. And I was afraid. Is that a sure "ticket" onto the Train of Worry, Lord? When someone we love does something unexpected? Like not being...
Two surprise birthday parties for my Birthday Boy in the last 24 hours! What could be better than all this, Lord??? :) Maybe it was the surprise I got?! I'm calling it My Boomerang Surprise. Because I threw one surprise and another surprise flew right back to me! At Your prompting, Lord, I have been taking better...
It is "pitch black" here in the country at night. No city lights. No street lights. No next door neighbor with house lights. Only thick, seemingly impenetrable darkness. Last night, I went out on our front deck before crawling into bed. It was so dark, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face....
The third "musketeer" had vanished. I had named them last summer. Three beautiful horses in a single pasture, not far from our house. One white, one brown, one black. I passed by there almost every day... and they were always together. Not just in the same pasture, but together. Side-by-side, whether grazing or frolicking or shooing flies....
I was talking on the phone with a dear friend today. Not from the comfort of our house. I had to drive seven miles to get a cell phone signal. Our landline was still out-of-order, thanks to its collision with farm equipment two days ago. I was in what we "affectionately" call The Cellphone Lot. It's...
Thanks to You, Abba, I have come to regard even a single butterfly as a very personal and profound blessing. A beautiful symbol of Your Promise fulfilled -- Your Promise of priceless transformations that You alone are able to pull off when anyone opens their heart-of-hearts to You. But a "cloud" of butterflies? It's like Your Promise on steroids!...
It's amazing how, at times, we can believe we see things so clearly... yet at the same time, remain so blind. For example, there are those who see clearly -- with righteous anguish -- the true horror of six milliion Jews being slaughtered in the Holocaust. Yet many of these same people turn a blind eye to...
I hadn't talked with him in months. I have almost learned not to call. Whenever I do, it seems, he isn't there. Whenever I leave a voicemail message, he doesn't call back. But today? I had one of those "heart promptings" I knew was from You, Lord: "Call him." So I did. "Whether you turn...
Something happened today that took me back twenty years. I know it was all Your doing, Lord. Twenty years ago, I was active in the Total Quality Movement in corporate America. It was quite a time, Lord, helping corporate leaders consider how to engage their employees in seeking the highest possible quality in their processes and...
You showed me a powerful truth today, Lord, in a way that helped me grasp it like never before. You have called me to some priceless work. The work of encouraging my clients to draw near to You, so You can help them break free from fears, blocks and limiting beliefs -- whatever holds them back from finding and embracing the Life You...
