I saw an awesome news clip today. One that provoked that very declaration: "GOD EXISTS!" One car, sideswiped by another, rolled down an embankment and hit a pole... bursting into flames. Amazingly, the driver was rescued with "non-critical injuries." Thanks to "Good Samaritans" and safety workers arriving quickly at the scene. But the real jaw-dropper was what they found...
JOY! That's what I feel whenever You pull one of Your "patented" Divine Encounters, Lord! After my initial shock and awe, that is. :) Like today. We wanted a quick breakfast before leaving Miami for home. Something simple. We drove out of the hotel parking lot. Within a half mile, we saw a fast food place......
You never cease to amaze me, Lord. (No big surprise, there!) :) And not just when You do things like... well, part the Red Sea. Some of Your most amazing moments are the "miracles" that go unnoticed by all but the most discerning eyes. "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one...
How does a blind man describe an elephant? Doesn't it depend on which part of it he "sees" with his hands? How different is the challenge of describing You, Lord, when the person "looking" is spiritually-blind? Does he inevitably "see" his "reality" without realizing he is missing Reality? Like the word Serendipity. It popped into my head today and...
How beautiful it is, Lord -- how amazing -- when You do A New Thing! "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?" For months, I have been praying -- longing -- to find a new...
It has been a long time since I wept in church, Lord. Today, I couldn't help myself. We were about to take communion. In a church we have attended only a few times. We have been visiting various churches in recent months. I have been asking You to lead us to the congregation You would have us...
I am sleepy... but Awake. It is Morning. It is Night. It is Any Hour. It is Every Hour. Never Early. Never Late. You are Always On Time. I look in The Mirror. I am wrinkled. I am Wise. I am flawed. I am Forgiven. I am Beautiful in Your Sight. A Living, Breathing, Walking,...
I have heard a particular saying a lot lately. It is widely accepted in our culture as a "truism" -- a statement that is obviously true. "No good deed goes unpunished." How does anyone get so cynical, Lord, that they believe this is "obviously true"? Who started this saying? And how did it become so ingrained in...
No, I am not old enough to have celebrated two silver wedding anniversaries in my life! My only silver wedding anniversary has come and gone. We are heading for thirty. Such a fact still makes my head spin. How time flies!!! :) I drove my dear husband to his first post-op appointment today. THANK YOU,...
Ode to Hospital Discharge: Waiting. Impatience. Relief. Pain. Needles. Waiting. Tension. Ice. Paperwork. Clothes. Waiting. Sleep. Interruptions. Walking. Immobilizing. Waiting. Travel. Anxiety. Exhaustion. Waiting. Whining. Wanting. Wilting. Welcoming. Home Sweet Home! :) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1) Love. Hope. Help. Joy....
