It has been a super day, Lord... a super-natural day! We are in one of our favorite places on the planet: Pine Island, Florida. There's a sleepy little village at the southern end of the island. It's called St. James City, but there can't be more than a few hundred living here. A few hundred people, that is....
I never thought I would see the day. Or the night, that is. That I would be considering 8:47 as my bedtime??? But when I think about getting up early to be with You, Lord, my perspective totally changes. How could I possibly trade off that priceless time with You??? Maybe I should go to...
MIA is a military designation, meaning "Missing in Action." It is the designation given when honorable men who have risked their safety -- even their lives -- in defense of and service to their country disappear on some foreign battlefield. Captured, perhaps... even killed. Without warning. Without notice. Without word. Some of them are Dads. But...
As a full-fledged "teeny-bopper" back in The Day, I was a Beatles' fan from day one. They had a new sound and a new look. And I shared a fantasy with millions of girls around the world at the time: If only ____ [fill in your favorite Beatle] saw me just once, we would fall madly...
We take pills for all kinds of aches and pains. Headaches and backaches. Earaches and toothaches. Stomachaches and chest aches. Even heartaches. Although some of the pills we take for that ache do us more harm than good... right, Lord? But there's at least one heartache for which we have no convenient pill. Neither the over-the-counter kind...
Funny how this blog post started this morning. I said, "Good morning!" to You, Lord, at 4:45 AM... and asked You how You were feeling today. Then I answered for You: "You are always WONDERFUL!" Instantly, I "heard" that still small whisper in my spirit. A correction as small as the change of one word. A correction...
Lord, Lord, Lord... My heart is full to overflowing! You have poured out Your Living Water today in such abundance that I and the ground around me are drenched! Please don't ever stop, Abba! :) The miracles of Your divine orchestration today were too numerous to count. Thirty-five sisters-in-Christ gathered in Your Presence, Lord... and after...
It was thrilling and terrifying... all at once. The river, just inches deep yesterday, had suddenly swelled to a raging torrent. Waterfalls flattened as the water rose to fill the troughs. The river jumped its banks and swirled at the road's edge... gouging out asphalt as if it were sand. Our river. The gentle, scenic...
A Recipe for Disaster. When the world speaks about "The Other Man," all kinds of connotations spring forth. I guess those connotations are "positive" or "negative," depending on who embraces them -- the Betrayer(s) or the Betrayed. Tantalizing Tempter. Fantasy Feeder. Clandestine Charmer. Sensuality Specialist. Deception Magnet. Advantage Taker. Rule Bender. Heart Breaker. Home Wrecker....
This morning, as I lay wide awake in the darkness before dawn, I wondered: "How would You like me to come into Your presence today, Lord?" I began to whisper my love and gratitude into Your ever-attentive ear. There's an expression in our culture. Tender expressions of love between lovers are sometimes called "Sweet Nothings."...
