We were supposed to walk or run this morning. The 30+ women who are preparing for the Madison 4-Miler at the end of August. The main event in our community to raise money for Breast Cancer Care at the University of Virginia. It started raining last night. It rained -- hard -- all night long....
Clear blue skies! Bright sunshine! As the song says, "Oh! What a beautiful morning!" A fitting "exclamaton point" to the storms of the past few days. "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! I say to myself, 'The Lord...
There's beauty in Your natural order, Lord. We have been watching a bluebird family for many weeks. We first spotted the male. Brilliant blue from head to toe... or talon. The female, more understated... but unmistakable nonetheless.. There's a wooden bird house right outside our office window. That's how we came to know this male...
Mysteries of the Universe. The age-old question of what happens when a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it. Does it make a sound? How about the solitary deer track in our vegetable garden? Inside the fence. A clear impression in the mud. Only one. Not a single vegetable plant disturbed....
You knew the burden that was on my heart today, Lord. A burden I see weighing too many people down. A burden I know You want to lift. Since You so often speak to me through nature, I wondered what in nature could possibly be a picture of this burden. Immediately, You gave me the answer:...
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...
That's what my computer said, as I tried to log on tonight. It asked for my password, then issued a challenge to me: "To prove your humanity, solve this." It was a simple equation. 5 + 2 = ... I guess the theory is a machine (or a monkey?) wouldn't know (or be able to type)...
We were sitting by a big lake. The wind was blowing; so much so, there were actually waves hitting the beach. I had never seen waves at this particular beach before... so I knew it must be significant. It reminded me of something a teenage girl said recently within my hearing. You spoke something to...
