I love things in groups of five – acorns, sons, birds. It’s like God affirming All is Well. . . even if things don’t look or feel well. Five ibis’s were a sweet God message that He knows what my heart struggles with, reminding me to just let him keep holding what I’ve given him – “All is Well. Hands … Continue reading →
God’s gracious dealingsall the things He’s done. . . that need praising. . .the generous bounties of GodHis great goodnesscompassion lavishedlove extravagant Thank you Father for little hands holding minefor shell searches and conversations about wise old elvesand how wise young elves becomewise old elves for great-grandmothers getting a new name, Ma-Mawand babies sleeping on my shoulder as if it’s … Continue reading →
Most any day you come into my house, the kitchen table and counter are a jumbled mess of books, empty chocolate milk glasses, keys, glasses and wallets. Someone might have left the ketchup out. Why the barber-grade Cremo for texture, high hold and low shine must sit on the counter, I just don’t understand and cannot resolve. The reasoning – … Continue reading →
Worry isn’t love. Worry is a deceiver, a con-artist, a flim-flam man who steals from people by tricking them – stealing their peace, their faith, their hope – stealing everything God has for them. Worry tricks his victims into always waiting for the other shoe to drop; Worry survives by living off your fear, my fear, leaves its willing victims … Continue reading →
In this Season of Small beginnings, God has given me waterfalls, waterfalls that I can reach as I rebuild. In April, my first hike (after January’s spinal fusion surgery) ended in an unexpected waterfall. In May, while I was searching for a just-right creek for a pregnancy photo shoot for my DIL, all I found were waterfalls – all sizes … Continue reading →
The last day for me at the community pool the summer before sixth grade – my mom had remarried and we were moving far away from where I’d lived since first grade, away from my grandmother and grandfather. My grandfather picked me up that day. I saw him, elbows leaning on the fence, hands clasped, just waiting for me, watching. … Continue reading →
“I’ll make a list of God’s gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising,All the generous bounties of God, his great goodness to the family of Israel—Compassion lavished, love extravagant.”~ Isaiah 63:7, The Message In the Old Testament, God repeatedly, quietly and loudly, tells his children, “You have forgotten me!” (Jeremiah 3:32, Ezekiel 22:12, to name a few). It’s a heart cry from a … Continue reading →
Remember Me Monday: #6 While every day is a Remember God Day, I am inviting you to join me on Monday mornings to come by and remember what God has done for you, for your family. Maybe God sent a cardinal darting out in front of you, as if to tell you, “I’m here,” or broke a child’s fever after … Continue reading →
Yesterday morning during worship, I stood between my husband and my 4th son – stood between two miracles, between two people I love to God’s beard and back who are here today because the hand of God stayed death – I stood, remembered and wept. The miracle on my right was born 22 years ago on a stormy Sunday, June … Continue reading →
