There is peace here. The birds haven’t spread their wings yet, and the squirrels are still tucked into tiny tree beds. My shoes do an early morning shuffle through the leaves, soaking up this damp air that lies heavy on my face. I swing a notebook in my hand as I wait on the Lord…
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. Forget yesterday; it has already forgotten you. And for heaven’s sake, don’t sweat the tomorrow you haven’t even met yet. We only have one life to live, and the time is going to pass, regardless of whether or not you step…
Fresh off of ‘vacation’, I have found myself back to rushing through the day, allowing small frustrations to build up into bigger problems. Today, the last straw came when my pharmacy turned a prescription pick-up into a two-day process. With no air conditioning in my car, the temperature in my mind was rising as fast…
This week my heart has been heavy and burdened with unbearable pain for my sister and brother-in-law as they grieve the loss of their baby. I don’t know how parents endure such anguish; I have been so distraught for words. This tragedy fell on the same week we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus;…
John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life”. From time to time I will hear someone say “I would die for you” in a profession of love, but the test of this statement does not come when faced with the literal grave. The test of Jesus’s living words…