It's 10:30 PM, Lord. Time to call it A Day. And what A Day it has been! Back home in Florida. Truck only partially unpacked. Need my sleep tonight. Tomorrow, the speech I have been looking forward to for months. My first opportunity to speak to my local women's networking group. I LOVE the topic: Gratitude...
Here we go again, Lord... Packing up to head south -- back Home -- for the next seven months. We always know it's coming. We set the departure date weeks in advance. So how do we always end up running around like chickens without our heads??? :) Or, at least, I do. Maybe because...
All ten were... Untouchable. Unacceptable. Incurable. Incapable. Outlawed. Outcast. Desperate. Determined. "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" (Luke 17:13) You, Lord... Heard. Heeded. Helped. Healed! "When He saw them, He said, 'Go, show yourselves to the priests.' And as they went, they were cleansed." (Luke 17:14) All ten were... Wide-eyed! Welcomed! Joyfully healed... in body. Obediently...
No phones. No TVs. No Internet. Two acres of green space. Surrounded by acres and acres of forest. Right in the middle of a bustling college town??? That's where I've been since Friday night, Lord. My City Oasis. No... Our City Oasis. Mine and my college suite mates'. Seven of us. At our third annual...
It finally happened! The drought has broken. The rains have come. Slow, steady, soaking rains. For twenty-four hours now. With more to come. It has been many weeks since it last rained. We are over four inches below normal for this time of year. It takes a lot of water to saturate hard, dry ground....
As You well know, Lord, we've been having Internet problems lately. Something -- or someone? -- gobbling up our monthly gigabytes at an "ungobly" pace. (Misspelling intended!) :) Preventing us from accessing the websites we use the most... including this one! After HOURS on the phone with our service provider -- on three separate occasions...
Our Love Fest this morning began when I first opened my eyes. You were so close, Lord. How could I not say "I love You" even before I said "Good Morning"? "My Beloved spoke and said to me, 'Arise, My darling, My beautiful one, come with Me.'" (Song of Songs 2:10) We went outside. On...
I know all of Your Promises are true, Lord... even when I don't yet have proof. Because You are Truth. You never lie. Even so, I do love those times when it seems like You go out of Your way to provide Evidence!!! Like today. When our Internet started moving like molasses. At first, it was...
It's like a Miracle Drug, Lord. How can one "substance" accomplish so many tangible health benefits in everyone who tries it? Reduced levels of cortisol -- the stress hormone -- in the blood. Reduced levels of inflammatory biomarkers in the blood. Increased coherence in heart rate variability patterns. All of which reduce cardiac risk. Stronger immune system. Lower...
I had been without a watch for over a month. My "everyday" watch had expired of Old Age. In our Throwaway Society, it would have cost more to repair it than to buy a new one. I decided to do so... soon. In the meantime, I put on my "dress-up" watch. The expensive one I wear...
